News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
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.
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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: I am pleased to welcome our witness, Ambassador Lighthizer. Mr. Ambassador, thank you for joining us.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On June 12, 2020, David Lynn Kaywood, Jr., 42, currently of Greeneville, was sentenced by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice 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 Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
Release: INDIANAPOLIS - TTirado, an explosive detection canine at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) is retiring after an impressive eight-year career with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is today requesting an expanded review of problems in state unemployment systems from the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG), broadening a similar previous request from Democratic colleagues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced James Vanscoyk today to a term of imprisonment of 90 months. Vanscoyk will serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mikko Sekiya, 38, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on June 15 to seven years in prison for theft of a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer, possession of a stolen firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The former owner of an East Providence automobile transport company who is awaiting sentencing in federal court for fraudulently obtaining more than $400,000 from various financial institutions and using the stolen personal identifying information of another person to continue to illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on June 8, 2020, United States District Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced Arthur Ranney to 97 months in prison following his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DURE DANCY, 25, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez to possession of a firearm by a felon.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
Release: The government of Peru has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize importation of turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. APHIS ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - 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, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Joplin, Missouri, middle school teacher has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to enticing one of her students to engage in illicit sex.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5.1 million grant to Lincoln County, Missouri, to build a workforce training center. The EDA grant, to be matched with $360,000 in local investment, is expected to create nearly 100 jobs and generate $2.8 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marco Roblero-Velasquez, 35, a citizen of Mexico who was living in Abbotsford, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six months incarceration for illegally reentering the United States. Roblero-Velasquez pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DURE DANCY, 25, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez to possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WACO, Tx. - In Waco today, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright handed down lengthy federal prison sentences to multiple defendants in four separate cases, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division, U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Combs, San Antonio Field Office.
