News from June 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Census workers have completed 96% of the 2020 Census “Update Leave" operation- where 2020 Census invitations and paper questionnaires are delivered to households in certain - often rural - areas across the country. In these areas, most households generally do not receive mail at their homes, so census...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Weems man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his illegal possession of a firearm that was used to kill Virginia State Police Special Agent Michael Walter in May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney John H. Durham, Chief State’s Attorney Richard J. Colangelo, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge David Sundberg, Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw and Greenwich Police Chief James J. Heavey, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a superseding indictment...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: The Honorable Alex Azar. Secretary. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 200 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20201. Dear Secretary Azar, We write to express our concern about the Administration’s efforts to prevent and respond to the disproportionate impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted an individual with ties to a drug-trafficking organization for possessing nearly 1 kilogram of heroin with intent to distribute in Ocean County, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against a Fresno man, charging him with possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of State today announced new rewards for information that assists in identifying and bringing to justice two Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) leaders who allegedly participated in corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with high-ranking Venezuelan officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dharmesh Patel, 31, formerly of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 87 months in prison for committing aggravated identity theft and wire fraud. Patel pled guilty to those charges on March 13, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announces that Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) safety-net signup for 2021 coverage will begin October 12 and will run through Dec. 11, 2020. DMC has already triggered payments for two months for producers who signed up for 2020 coverage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to driving three men associated with MS-13 who had just committed an armed robbery away from the scene of the crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the launch of the Civil Rights Reporting Portal. This new online tool will make it easier for the public to report a civil rights violation.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
Release: June 18, 2020 Dear BRS Stakeholder, As part of its ongoing efforts to implement the new Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (SECURE) biotechnology regulations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced that Aaron Kirk Woolman (58, Hagerman, Idaho) has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a 9-year-old child to engage in sexual activity and produce pornographic images of herself. Woolman faces a minimum mandatory penalty of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Effective on June 19, 2020, Tonto National Monument will be closed to all visitors until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Nigerian entrepreneur who operated a group of companies known as the Invictus Group pleaded guilty today to a computer based intrusion fraud scheme that caused $11 million in losses to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Mark H. King, 57, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for distribution of child pornography. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced King to 84 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 18, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Nebraska and South Carolina have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on June 18, 2020, which charged Eike Blohm, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont, with one count of production of child pornography. The indictment also includes notice that, in the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Honolulu, HI - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in conjunction with state and local public health authorities, Pearl Harbor National Memorial will increase access to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, museum and grounds. The National Park Service (NPS) is working with these entities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and will use a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis service-wide.
