News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Jose Manuel DeJesus-Mujica (41, Ocala) to 17 months in federal prison for illegal re-entry into the United States. DeJesus-Mujica had pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2020.
By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Scott T. Blood, 49, Monona, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 12 years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. This prison term will be followed by a 20-year term of supervised release. Blood pleaded guilty to these charges on March 11, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Klamath Falls, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District, Klamath Falls Field Office, is notifying the public that due to the need to install a new well at Gerber Reservoir, the following campgrounds are without potable water:.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Norwich Police Chief Patrick J. Daley announced that ANTOINE WALKER, 40, of Norwich, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with firearm and controlled substances offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Paul Leon Heathcoe, 53, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a sawed-off shotgun, announced S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorm with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, upon reviewing an exchange of letters between the State Department and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in support of Under Secretary Brian Bulatao appearing before the committee to provide information regarding the termination of Inspector General Linick.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a pair of bills to address vulnerabilities in America’s cybersecurity defenses. The Continuity of Economy Act of 2020 would direct the President to develop a plan to ensure...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Beatrice, NE - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Homestead National Monument of America is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jose Munoz Perdomo, 24, formerly of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Perdomo was sentenced for a term of 14 months’ imprisonment and 3 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Three Columbia, Missouri, men were charged in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Boone County, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Brandon Michael Althof Long, age 23, and Devon Bryce Poland, age 22, both of Erie, Pennsylvania with one count each of conspiracy to riot and cause civil disorder, conspiracy to use fire to commit a felony, interstate travel to riot and transporting any firearm in furtherance of civil disorder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to over six years in prison for his role in orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that caused over $1.4 million in losses to multiple victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Three Charged in $180 Million Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to over six years in prison for his role in orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that caused over $1.4 million in losses to multiple victims.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a Full Committee markup Wednesday, June 17, at 10:00AM EDT to consider the following measure...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: National Park Service Regional Director Stan Austin announced the selection of Mike Gauthier as superintendent of Mojave National Preserve and Castle Mountains National Monument in California. Gauthier succeeds Todd Seuss, who transferred to the agency’s Natural Resource, Stewardship, and Science Program as Biological Resource Division Chief in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Four Mexican nationals today were named in a federal grand jury indictment charging them with possessing and intending to distribute more than 2,100 kilograms (4,700 pounds) of marijuana, which they allegedly transported on a fishing boat that landed on a Santa Barbara County beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida -Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Shane Lamar Harris (41, Dunnellon) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm affecting commerce by a convicted felon. Harris had pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 14.9 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2019 spent $1.1 Billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 16,341 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $1.4 Billion.
