News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Justin Michael Williams, 34, of Perry, Florida, has been sentenced to serve.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai requesting that the Commission provide additional transparency...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Virginia jurisdictions can use the money in a variety of ways - including for staffing, overtime, protective gear or medical care in jails and prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: A man from Minnesota was sentenced June 10, 2020 to more than two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - Seven defendants charged in various illegal firearm and high-volume drug cases admitted their guilt during change of plea hearings this week in Athens federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Warrenton man was arrested today for his alleged role in a sextortion scheme involving minor children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Brandon Michael Althof Long and Devon Pryce Poland indicted for traveling to downtown Cleveland to commit acts of violence during May 30 demonstrations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A North Carolina man was arrested today on a charge related to his alleged threat to burn down an African American church in Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the filing of charges against Nathan Haymer, age 42, of Houston, Texas, for federal program theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Selmonio Davis, 34, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on June 11 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Victor Fossett, age 55, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty on June 11, 2020, to bank robbery and to violating the conditions of his federal supervised release, in connection with three bank robberies he committed in March 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A North Carolina man was arrested today on a charge related to his alleged threat to burn down an African American church in Virginia Beach.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: North Bend, Ore. - With the recent easing of public health and safety restrictions in Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that the Coos Bay District has restored overnight access to its campgrounds in Coos, Douglas, and Curry counties on June 11, 2020. Overnight camping is again permitted.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: Desoto Fugitive Captured in San Diego and Extradited to Dallas County for Prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The owner of a Bakersfield truck driving school was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to sell California commercial driver’s licenses to unqualified drivers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
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: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Steven G. Peterson, 41, formerly of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced On June 11, 2020, in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for receipt of child pornography. Peterson was sentenced to 90 months in prison and 5...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that DARREN M. MARTIN (“MARTIN"), age 44, of Madisonville, pled guilty on June 9, 2020 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Greg Guidry to Count 1 of an Indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349 and 1347.
