News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - Four individuals in two separate investigations were indicted today in Kansas. Both cases were investigated by the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced another extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year.
By DOE 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: 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: URBANA, Ill. - A prior sex offender, Emmett J. Rogers, 47, of the 400 block of South 22nd Street, Decatur, Ill, was sentenced today for child sexual exploitation and child pornography. Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm ordered Rogers to serve 270 months (22 years, six months) in prison. Rogers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Florida man was sentenced in federal court for violating the Lacey Act by shooting and transporting a black bear in the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area, which is part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, an area closed to all hunting and trapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri -United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Johnny Sesson II, 47, of Florissant, Missouri, to 60 months in prison for making a false statement on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Form 4473 in order to acquire a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces that the Department of Justice launched the Civil Rights Reporting Portal. This new online tool will make it easier for the public to report a civil rights violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted leading a conspiracy that defrauded New Jersey health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $50 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Two Defendants Charged with Murder and Aiding and Abetting in Slaying of Federal Protective Service Officer at Oakland Courthouse Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: Cuyahoga Valley National Park News Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: A Red Oak, Texas couple pleaded guilty today to their roles in a $15 million retirement plan embezzlement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against DYLAN SHAKESPEARE ROBINSON, 22, charging him with aiding and abetting arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct. ROBINSON, who was arrested on June, 14, 2020, in Breckenridge, Colorado, made his initial appearance earlier today, before Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter in U.S. District Court in Denver.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Clemson University’s Department of Plant Industry (DPI) are inspecting trees in Hollywood, South Carolina following the detection and identification of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). On May 29, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Six former employees of eBay, Inc. have been charged with leading a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company. The alleged harassment included sending the couple anonymous, threatening messages, disturbing deliveries - including a box of live cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask - and conducting covert surveillance of the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A North Kansas City, Missouri, woman was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling from her employer in what was her fourth scheme to steal from a local company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Corey Douglas Burt, 28, of Meridian, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 21 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Burt was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by Prohibited Person was sentenced on June 1, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 390,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Today, U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
