News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced federal indictments returned against multiple individuals in Louisville, Kentucky, as a result of civil unrest in Jefferson County during the period Monday, June 1, through Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The defendants charged are alleged to have engaged in robbing area pharmacies, a carjacking, and the illegal possession of firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Public lands in Arizona and perhaps the Western U.S. appear to be facing the most extreme year for wildland fire in more than a decade. The month of May was a record year for fire occurrence in Arizona. From May 1 to May 31, Arizona experienced 527 wildfires burning 81,536 acres. As of today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on June 15, 2020, Tevonta Reair Tiller, age 23, of Omaha, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt for Attempted Armed Bank Robbery. Tiller was sentenced to 94 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Lame Deer man today admitted allegations that he attempted to sexually abuse a minor in 2018, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Freda Binder, age 43, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri -United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Leavie Morris, 30, of St. Louis, to 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Much of the recent media coverage on updated National Park Service regulations for hunting and trapping in Alaska has been misleading or inaccurate-underscoring a lack of understanding that conservation and respect for wildlife are inherently Alaskan values. With restricted access to conveniences most ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Eighteen people have been charged for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Steven Michael Smith (35, Jacksonville) with possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possessing a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime, possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that NAZARIO CRUZ-MUNOZ, age 35, was sentenced on June 10, 2020 on a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) by U. S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Online tool expands contact with the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office to report civil rights violations.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky resident was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 21 years in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with two minor females while he traveled and resided in Cambodia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Italian national has been sentenced to federal prison after his conviction for violating national security laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Delivered over ½ pound of meth to law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Chatham County has been added to the Atlanta-Carolinas Region High Intensity Drug Trafficking area (HIDTA) in an effort to assist in the community’s fight against drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced today that WILLIE DOSHER CAIN pleaded guilty to a felony count of theft of government funds related to healthcare fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Florida man has been arraigned in U.S. District Court on charges related to his alleged attempts to coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Steven Michael Smith (35, Jacksonville) with possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possessing a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime, possessing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Twelve defendants from Allegheny, Lawrence and Westmoreland Counties have been charged with drug trafficking following a months-long wiretap investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny County region, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced...
