News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Nick Hanna today joined the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Justice Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released an interim report detailing the investigation into the origins and initial handling of COVID-19. The report includes sections on how it spread throughout China, how it spread to other countries, and why international...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Gregory Dow, 61, of Lancaster, PA entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith on four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign place, stemming from his operation of an orphanage in Kenya.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Today, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis 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.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The 13-mile Scenic Drive at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting June 21. Summer hours normally start April 1 but were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and measures to address visitor, employee and volunteer safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two Nigerian nationals were arrested on Friday, June 12, 2020 and charged in connection with defrauding victims using various online scams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Strasser reminds seniors and their caregivers to be vigilant for fraudulent schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Majed Bashir Akroush, aka Magic Mike, 52, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in prison for conspiring to structure over $700,000 in cash withdrawals from four different bank accounts associated with his internet businesses that sold synthetic marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Today, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and echoing voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: A New York man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for his role as a money launderer in a Nigerian romance scam that defrauded multiple victims, including elderly victims, across the United States and netted at least $1.5 million, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, June 11, 2020, Deon Gaddis, a 35-year-old man from Goodwater, Alabama, was sentenced to 37 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his prison sentence, Gaddis will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Today, U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- Today, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 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 one-count indictment charging Matthew Paul Slatzer, 36, of Canton, Ohio, with possession of a firearm by a person with a domestic violence conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on May 26, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 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 one-count indictment charging Cody Scott Sharnsky, age 26, of Canton, Ohio with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Today, U.S. Attorney Kenji M. Price 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Today, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister 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.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 221,000 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2019 spent $4,100,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 47 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $4,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
News Release: A New York man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for his role as a money launderer in a Nigerian romance scam that defrauded multiple victims, including elderly victims, across the United States and netted at least $1.5 million, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
