News published on Federal Newswire in June 2020

News from June 2020


DSS Special Agent, Marine Security Guards Save Drowning Liberian Man

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.


Dentists Agree to Pay Civil Penalties Under Controlled Substances Act

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Dr. Gary Hartman, Dr. Arnold Berger, and Dr. Paul Berger, of Virginia Beach, have agreed to pay a combined $30,000 to settle allegations that they violated the Controlled Substances Act (“Act") by issuing and filling prescriptions with no legitimate medical purpose.


News Release: Mineral, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Lassen Volcanic National Park is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.


News Release: Justin. E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland has returned separate indictments against two men in the Ashtabula area on charges of illegal drug and firearm possession. These are separate cases and are not related.


Haleakalā National Park Continues to Increase Access at Sunrise in the Summit District

News Release: Kula, Maui - The National Park Service (NPS) is following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, as it continues to increase recreational access and services.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA), Stephen M. Dickson, today affirmed that the Boeing 737 MAX will only return to service following the completion of a comprehensive and rigorous review process.


Two-Month Armed Bank Robbery Spree Results in Three Life Sentences

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DWAYNE EDWARD RASMUSSEN, 56, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to three life sentences for committing three bank robberies in Oklahoma City and Chickasha, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.


Graves Statement from Markup of the Majority’s “My Way or the Highway” Bill

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s markup of surface transportation reauthorization legislation (H.R. 2):


U.S. Attorney Keefe Encourages North Floridians To Use New Online Portal To Report Civil Rights Violations

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe today encouraged residents across.


News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...


Man Sentenced to Prison for Autotrader Fraud Scheme

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in orchestrating an Autotrader fraud scheme that caused over $575,000 in losses to the victims.


Mexican National Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years for Drug Trafficking

News Release: A Mexican national has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for trafficking nearly a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Being An Armed Drug Trafficker

News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Erin Cameron, 28, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 100 grams or more of heroin, and 10 grams or more of fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $5,000,000.


El Paso Man Faces Federal Charge of Posting Threatening Communications over the Internet

News Release: Manuel Flores, age 42 of El Paso, faces a federal charge of posting a threatening communication over the Internet, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis M. Quesada, El Paso Division.


Murray: Trump Administration’s Latest Demographic Data Report ‘Incomplete’ and ‘Inadequate’

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the updated report on testing and demographic data associated with COVID-19 the Trump Administration submitted to Congress recently as required by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.


Study: Slower Growth & Higher Taxes for More People in Biden Tax Hike

News Release: Study: Slower Growth & Higher Taxes for More People in Biden Tax Hike.


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - For the third week in a row after conducting COVID-19 surveillance testing on Yellowstone employees, all tests came back negative. On June 10, health officials from Park County, Montana, tested 165 employees from the National Park Service and concession companies operating in...


U.S. Census Bureau Releases Household Pulse Survey Weekly Data

News Release: The Census Bureau today released new data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment and closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in the availability of consumer goods and consumer patterns, and other abrupt and significant changes to American life.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury indicted Stephen T. Parshall, aka “Kiwi," 35, Andrew Lynam, 23, and William L. Loomis, 40, all of Las Vegas, for violations of federal law for conspiracy to cause destruction during protests in Las Vegas and possession of an unregistered destructive device, specifically, a so-called “Molotov cocktail.".


Tallahassee Man Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentencing of Willie Powell, 31, of Tallahassee, Florida. Powell has been sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison after being convicted at a jury trial of possession of a firearm by ...