News from June 2020
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 ...
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...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Just over a year ago, I announced the formation of a bipartisan Finance Committee working group, with Senator Wyden, to consider the issue of federal family leave policy. This is such an important issue, with so many American couples working outside the home today. The COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted attention to the issue of family leave.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Joseph Dwayne Jumper, 39, of Robbinsville, N.C., was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also ordered Jumper to serve a lifetime of supervised release, and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shane C. Evans, 44, Shafer, Minnesota, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison for possessing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it in northern Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Barbara County man was charged today with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly crashing a stolen Jeep near Vandenberg Air Force Base while under the influence of drugs, killing one motorist and severely injuring another.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Tommy Lee Holt (26, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possession of an unregistered destructive device in the form of an incendiary bomb. Holt faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Dagoberto Duarte Espinal, 23, of Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for transportation of a minor for the purpose of sexual activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Branden Jones, age 21, of Baltimore, yesterday to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Cedric Rice, 40, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced to serve 42 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney also imposed a period of supervised release of 3 years to follow.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An illegally-present child predator from Honduras was sentenced June 17, to 10 years in federal prison for transportation of a minor for the purpose of sexual activity, following an investigation by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Duvale Lamar Van Dyke (31, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Van Dyke faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
Release: The U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, honored three DSS personnel for rescuing a local man from drowning in six-foot waves off Monrovia’s Atlantic coast, an area well known for a lack of natural harbors and hazardous currents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brian Northup, age 29, of Hudson, New York, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for repeatedly accessing a child pornography web site available only through an anonymous Internet network.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man who pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on June 15, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: “Today’s recommendation to the Federal Communications Commission demonstrates that the United States Government is committed to securing our critical infrastructure, which is essential to our national security. To maintain the security and prosperity of our digital economy, it is vital to ensure that ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will extend the contracts of select vendors from the first round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Solicitor General of the United States Noel Francisco announces his departure from the Department of Justice, effective as of July 3, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Team Telecom today recommended to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), based on national security concerns, that the FCC partially deny the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) subsea cable system application, to the extent it seeks a direct connection between the United States and Hong Kong. Team ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment today charging a Las Vegas dentist with failing to pay over payroll taxes, file a tax return, and pay income taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
