News from June 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that that United States District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Charles Hunt, age 28, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 32 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This sentence is to run...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - James Robert Banks, a Roanoke man responsible for distributing between one and three kilograms of heroin throughout the Roanoke area in 2019, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to federal drug distribution charges. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced the guilty plea this afternoon.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence chiropractor today admitted that he created and executed a scheme to defraud a health care benefits program and that he failed to pay taxes on some of the income he received from his business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: East Lampeter Township Police and FBI Seek Public's Assistance in Locating Linda Stoltzfoos.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Seth Morgan, 38, of Sheldon, Vermont was sentenced today to time served following his guilty plea to the lead count of a five count indictment charging him with mail theft. The thefts occurred at the Sheldon Springs Post...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - James Robert Banks, a Roanoke man responsible for distributing between one and three kilograms of heroin throughout the Roanoke area in 2019, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to federal drug distribution charges. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced the guilty plea this afternoon.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 45-year-old man has been indicted on charges of online solicitation of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and transfer of obscene materials to a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo striking down a Louisiana law to restrict access to abortion.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- Ensuring the security of mobile application (app) software for use within the federal government no longer needs to be time consuming or expensive. Under a joint pilot program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) within the National Security Agency (NSA) cybersecurity mission have demonstrated that the process can be automated.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Arlene Gaylord Named Assistant Director of the Information Management Division.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Today, the House will vote on H.R. 1425, misguided legislation that will limit health care options for patients, contribute to already skyrocketing health care costs, and double down on the many failures of the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Office Manager Mark J. Sabor Sentenced Today for Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud and Agrees to Pay Share of Civil Settlement Totaling $1.26 Million.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Fort Payne, Ala. - The Independence Day weekend is one of the busiest weekends of the year at Little River Canyon National Preserve, and the National Park Service would like to give you the following tips to help you make your visit as enjoyable as possible.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: FBI Joins the Los Angeles Police Department’s SAFE LA Task Force to Investigate Criminal Activity in the City of Los Angeles.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An Egyptian national who is illegally present in the U.S. was indicted Monday on several charges related to the alleged exploitation of a South Texas minor.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced a Wood County man was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Joshua Michael Conger, 41, of Parkersburg, also will serve five years on supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today the appointment of Cedar Wilkie Gillette to serve as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Coordinator for the District of Oregon.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Part of a Group responsible for bringing over 5,000 grams of Meth into Dubuque.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Defendant sold drugs with Illegal Alien Co-Conspirator near Children’s Hospital in Jackson.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Northern Maine Development Commission, Caribou, Maine, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.