News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Youngstown, Ohio - Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Jennifer Sheridan, age 42, of Austintown, Ohio, was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment, and ordered to pay $15,957,148 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Twenty members and associates of NOB, a Boston-based street gang, have been charged in federal court in Boston for various crimes, including racketeering (“RICO") conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, crossing state lines for the purpose of prostitution (the Mann Act), firearms charges and bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man pled guilty today for his participation in a drug trafficking operation in Raleigh County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Oyontikeyta Jones, 41, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine and to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jones was one of 17 defendants charged in federal court as a result of a long-term investigation known as Operation Shutdown Corner.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: PENNSAUKEN, NJ -The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bravo Pak Inc. for failing to abate hazards at its Pennsauken, New Jersey, facility. The company owes $259,760 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a romance fraud scheme that bilked victims across the United States and overseas of nearly $900,000.
By DOE 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 Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management is considering a request from the U.S. Forest Service to extend the San Francisco Peaks/Mount Elden Recreation Area withdrawal. Under the requested extension, the 74,689 acres of National Forest System lands would remain managed primarily for recreation, cultural and conservation purposes for the next 20 years.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A registered sex offender was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 500 months in prison for crimes related to sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Peter Fratus, 39, of West Dennis, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with sending threatening emails to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875, which prohibits transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Randall Curtis Gross, age 27, of Grand Coulee, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on Feb. 11, 2020, to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WTO Needs Reform to Be the World’s Nimble Trade Referee.
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 EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today reiterating his request that the agency release its demographic claims data concerning the outcomes of COVID-19 based on race, ethnicity and gender.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requesting a classified briefing on how foreign adversaries may seek to exploit recent demonstrations protesting racial inequality in the U.S. criminal justice system to sow political and cultural division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Dr. Shahjahan Sultan, M.D., 37 of Madison, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 48 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised released, for conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that Myron Jay Azure, Age 51 of Belcourt, ND, has been sentenced to serve life in prison for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of Children. Azure pled guilty to both counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse on Feb. 14, 2020, and was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte on June 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that Myron Jay Azure, Age 51 of Belcourt, ND, has been sentenced to serve life in prison for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of Children. Azure pled guilty to both counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse on Feb. 14, 2020, and was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte on June 15, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has conducted large-scale demolition at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) for nearly 15 years.
