News from June 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man accused of having sex with a minor pleaded guilty on Monday to charges, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND - At a press conference held this morning at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, the Department of Justice announced that murder and attempted murder charges have been filed against Steven Carrillo, the alleged gunman in the May 29, 2020, drive-by shooting ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Somerset, Kentucky man, Bradley D. Hall, 38, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Court Judge Claria Horn Boom, to two counts of production of child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted today in federal court in Wichita on charges of committing robberies at three stores in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Defrauded the Property Owner of the Home of The Elite Cafe Out Of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida,.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Three Rivers Planning & Development District, Pontotoc, Mississippi, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio has returned an indictment charging Kevin L. Arnold, age 54, of Toledo, Ohio with two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Reviving Our Economy: COVID-19’s Impact to the Energy Sector:"

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivers remarks at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Reviving our Economy: COVID-19’s Impact on the Energy Sector."

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Keiuntea Antonio Banks, 25, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court to a term of 10 years imprisonment for his possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm. Banks pled guilty to the three charges in January of 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Purvis Dustin Ward, 33, of Rankin County, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to one count of making counterfeit currency and one count of passing counterfeit currency, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Resident Agent in Charge Shawn Wolfe of the United States Secret Service.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: EM has named new managers for the Carlsbad and Los Alamos field offices, and a new Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety, Security, and Quality Assurance, among leadership updates at its sites and at headquarters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Resident with visual impairment reports light boxes and tree limbs making sidewalks inaccessible for blind and visually impaired.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Richard W. Moore, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Jessie James Turner, Jr., has been sentenced to ten years in prison after his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Turner’s jury trial took place at the federal courthouse in Selma, Alabama in November 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM and DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) are nearing completion of a transfer of long-term stewardship responsibilities for 70 sites on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), including the Tonopah Test Range (TTR).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Bradken Inc. Pays $10.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Substandard Naval Parts.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A South Charleston man has pled guilty to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Clay Dempsey, 37, pled guilty to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 15, 2020, Tommy Lee Jenkins (age: 33) of Whitestown, Indiana, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2.9 million visitors to the four NPS units in South Florida collectively spent $242.5 million in 2019. That spending resulted in 3,251 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the South Florida economy of $352.2 million.