News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly and Kristi K. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced the unsealing of indictments charging six Nigerian nationals for their involvement in Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes. The schemes included...
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, Tyler A. Blackmon (age: 29) of Prattville, Alabama, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.
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 a three-count indictment charging Trevor Leis, 27, of Elida, Ohio with two counts of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms and one count of making false statements in connection with the purchase of firearms. Leis was arrested this morning b ythe FBI without incident.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to make stormwater drainage infrastructure improvements to protect businesses from the impact of future storms. The EDA grant, to be matched with nearly $407,000 in local investment, is expected to retain more than 700 jobs and spur over $11 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney David J. Freed joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, 2020. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
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 DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Enricki Gomez, 30, Rockford, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 21 months in federal prison for possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with intent to distribute. Gomez pleaded guilty to this charge on March 10, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau will offer a two-day embargo for members of the media to view the 2019 population estimates for the nation, states and counties by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and for Puerto Rico and its municipios by age and sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Brooksville, Ky. man, Gary Lee Long, 59, was sentenced on Tuesday, to 180 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for receipt of child pornography.
By Commerce 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. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, will be considered on the House floor next week...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay between May 31 - June 6, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MANUEL A. GOMEZ, 30, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Ryan Wall, 42, a former Quechee resident who now lives in Florida, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland to 51 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. Chief Judge Geoffrey...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Ralph Mendez, Jr., 24, of Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, including admitting responsibility for two homicides, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considers partisan highway legislation, stakeholders look to the Senate's bipartisan bill as a model.
By EPA 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 DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 projects to receive approximately $17 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects for carbon utilization. The projects will develop and test technologies that can utilize ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Unintended consequences of social distancing and isolation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic can include increased substance use, experimentation and even relapse for those in treatment and recovery. Two recent reports indicate that the opioid epidemic is still causing problems in the community both during the pandemic and last year...
