News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman caught with drugs in 2015 was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kaley Elizabeth Bowen, 29, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine base and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against two Stockton residents, charging them with sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-In the first federal criminal jury trial in the state since the coronavirus pandemic began in March, a federal jury found Devion Cumbie, 24, guilty on all seven counts for which he was indicted: production of child pornography, two counts of attempted production of child pornography, and four counts of extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jacob Thomas Decker, age 28, of Dallas, Texas was sentenced to 150 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
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: MARSHALL, Texas - A 41-year-old Hughes Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $12.2 million grant to South Sioux City, Nebraska, to construct a new wastewater treatment facility that will support business growth following severe flood...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS). The NDMS is made up of thousands of responders that support local response efforts to natural disasters, large events that could yield an emergency, or other emergency situations. NDMS is managed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: A five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill to allow states and non-federal partners to more efficiently plan, expedite, and undertake important infrastructure projects, provide safer and more efficient movement of goods and people, and address needs of communities of all sizes was introduced in the House by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Republic, Mo. - The Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation has announced its purchase of a rare Henry Rifle, which the group will unveil for the public on June 23 at the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Manuel King, 30, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to serve 20 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for three armed carjackings.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) today released principles for a legislative framework to expand broadband access and digital opportunity and close the digital...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that David Elmakayes, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by criminal complaint with malicious damage of property with an explosive device and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The defendant is currently in federal custody and will make his initial appearance in federal court tomorrow. The government will be seeking the defendant’s detention pending trial on these charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A U.S. District Judge handed down the maximum sentence in a case involving death threats against an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA), said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Kent Allen Crawford of Savannah, Georgia, previously pleaded guilty to one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A member of a Petersburg gang called High Society Hit Squad, or H$2X, was sentenced today to nearly six years in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $20 million investment in the University of Tennessee (UT) to advance workforce development in emerging energy fields. DOE’s investment in UT, Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, will expand the University’s partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) through the Oak Ridge Institute (ORI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Darrell Gossett, 34, was sentenced to 70 months in prison and four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that nine defendants were arrested and charged in a criminal complaint for their roles in a large and long standing illegal narcotics ring...
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: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A former resident of Salyersville, Kentucky, Micky Rife, 37, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 252 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after pleading guilty on Jan. 16, 2020, that he, a U.S. citizen, engaged and attempted to engage in illicit sexual conduct with two minor females while he traveled and resided in Cambodia.
