News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A New Bedford man who admitted to participating in the delivery of more than an ounce of crack cocaine in Rhode Island in February 2018 was sentenced on Thursday to 42 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bruce A. Wakker, age 65, of Syracuse, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempting to entice or coerce a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Two indictments were returned yesterday in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Samantha Shader, and co-defendants Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman in connection with their alleged attempts to use improvised incendiary devices, commonly known as “Molotov Cocktails," to damage and destroy New York City Police Department vehicles during protests this past month.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin and Administrator Carranza...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Lakewood, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a lease for the 2,462.07-acre Dunn Ranch Coal Tract in LaPlata County, Colorado that is estimated to contain approximately 9.54 million tons of recoverable coal. The lease was issued to GCC Energy, LLC., out of Tijeras, New Mexico and is effective June 1, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Andrew Lynch, a/k/a Gregory O’Neil, 30, of Crystal River, Florida, with production and receipt of child pornography, enticement of a minor, and cyberstalking. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Joseph Maurice Deberry, a/k/a Joseph Maurice Dewberry, 56, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer yesterday and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, for orchestrating an investment scheme that defrauded victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Officials Announce the Arrest of Tandre Buchanan, Jr.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 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 Trump Administration finalizing a rule that weakens critical protections that help address discrimination...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in federal court in Springfield with child pornography offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau has announced the new schedule for counting people experiencing homelessness in the 2020 Census. The operation was originally scheduled for March 30, March 31 and April 1, but health and safety concerns with COVID-19 forced us to delay these activities.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Venetia, Pennsylvania and Davie, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: West Valley City, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District has issued a fire prevention order that addresses seasonal and year-round fire restrictions. These restrictions apply to BLM-managed lands within the counties of Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Last week, several defendants pled guilty and others were sentenced in the District Court of Puerto Rico, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration finalized a discriminatory...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on June 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Frey Cattle Company Inc. and Alan Halfmann (FCC and Halfmann) of Ballinger, Texas, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Jacqueline Jay Podell, 46, and Michael Wilson, 53, both of Winamac, Indiana were sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Meng Xiong, 26, Wausau, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to five years in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Xiong pleaded guilty to this charge on March 10, 2020.
