News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against BRYCE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 26, charging him with conspiracy to commit arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct. WILLIAMS, who was arrested on June, 16, 2020, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: I would like to welcome U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer to discuss important trade issues that impact the health and economic opportunity of all Americans during these challenging times.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today released the following statement regarding the ruling in the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that required direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertisements to include the list price of the drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A Helena man who admitted sending threatening text messages and participating in an armed robbery of a couple involved in heroin trafficking last year was sentenced today to 11 years and seven months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to reported revelations in former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book regarding Donald Trump’s political interference on behalf of Turkey...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Kevin Martin Gentry, 38, of Canton, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 23 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for unlawful possession of a firearm silencer not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. -A resident of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An employee of a Mount Holly, New Jersey, medical practice was arrested today for allegedly selling fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana - The public is reminded of the temporary closure of Reclamation lands on and adjacent to Joe’s Island on the south side of the Yellowstone River in Dawson County, 20 miles north of Glendive, Montana. Lands impacted by this closure are located in Sections 35 and 36, Township 18 North; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Jesse James Smallwood, Delveccho Waller, Jr., Bruce Thompson, Judah Coleman Bailey, and Dashun Martin have been indicted by a federal grand jury for the offenses of conspiring to commit, and commission and attempted commission of, arson of a police car following a protest stemming from the death of George Floyd.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the administration’s announcement of sanctions pursuant to the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, which Congress passed in December 2019. The administration also announced new sanctions pursuant to its October 2019 Executive Order on Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man was charged today with attempting to ignite a marked police vehicle during the recent violent outburst in Trenton following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: FBI Miami is Seeking Information Regarding a Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Victor Demattia, age 64, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to theft of government property, for stealing more than $400,000 in Civil Service Retirement benefits and Social Security benefits.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal, 33, of Philadelphia, PA has been charged by criminal complaint for the arson of two Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) vehicles.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its database of chemical fingerprints, called mass spectra, that are used to identify unknown chemical compounds. The NIST Mass Spectral Library and its new version, called NIST20, is used in health care, drug discovery, foods and fragrances, oil and natural gas, environmental protection, forensic science and almost every other industry that manufactures or measures physical stuff.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Russell Richardson, former DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. (DeKalb Medical) Director of Security, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently using hospital funds to acquire multiple handguns that he then sold for his personal benefit and financial gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Chinese manufacturer was charged today with producing and exporting to the United States in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic over 140,000 misbranded and defective masks that falsely purported to be KN95 respirators, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
