News from June 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, DC - June 12, 2020) Yesterday, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a video briefing to examine the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nursing home residents and workers, including the deaths of more than 40,000 Americans in nursing homes across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Aubrey Meyers, 64, was sentenced yesterday on his conviction for possession of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging INIGO...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Malik Dorsey, 21, pled guilty today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Hanna to possession of a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Metro Beauty Academy, LLC (“MBA") has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that the school falsely sought federal student aid for students ineligible to receive such aid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Terrence Sayers, age 26, was sentenced in federal court on June 12, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, for the receipt and distribution of child pornography. District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Sayers to 96 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Following Sayers’s term of imprisonment, he will begin a 15-year term of supervised release. Sayers pleaded guilty to the offenses on Feb. 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Steven J. McLendon, 36, of Pensacola, was arrested this morning on federal.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
Release: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is working with State departments of agriculture and producers to conduct a tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) survey of U.S commercial greenhouses that produce tomatoes. APHIS and cooperators are also putting in place official control measures ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Eugene, Oregon - Even a creek with no name deserves some recognition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Seattle - A 67-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. PARK QUAN was arrested July 29, 2019, after FBI agents investigating one of his roommates in connection with a data theft served...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Adam Scott Barnes, 26, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for production of child pornography. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Barnes to 300 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Barnes will serve a 10-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Miguel Gonzalez-Adams, 40, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and an $8,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - On June 9, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Bruce Matthews, 27, on several charges, including engaging in a firearms business without a license. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Justin. E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Juarvez Whitfield Neeley, 22, of Toledo with interference with commerce by threats or violence and using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during and in retaliation of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Javier Ochoa-Anaya, 49, residing in Denair, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Javier Ochoa-Anaya, 49, residing in Denair, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Joseph Prince, age 61, of Aurora, Colorado was sentenced yesterday to serve 192 months (16 years) in federal prison for health care fraud, conspiracy, payment of illegal kickbacks and gratuities, money laundering, and conflict of interest charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Karen Owens, 55, of Phelps, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Justin. E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland has returned a one-count indictment charging Travone D. Edwards, age 26, of Lorain with one count of interference with commerce by means of robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: An indictment against three individuals for their alleged involvement in various schemes to defraud Medicare, TRICARE, and private insurance companies, and their conspiracy to launder the proceeds has been unsealed today. The conduct allegedly resulted in more than $180 million in fraudulent billings.
