News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Hundreds gathered for peaceful protest near where several businesses were looted.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 19-year-old man has been taken into custody for illegally possessing a firearm while under an active domestic violence protection order and possessing a firearm while under indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico sentenced Craig M. Young, 55, of Albuquerque to 71 months in federal prison today for conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation based in Albuquerque that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship, and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington woman, Crystal Brotherton, 32, was sentenced on Thursday, to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after previously admitting to intimidating individuals by making threats involving explosives and the destruction of buildings.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Omaha, Neb. - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Jason Lott as permanent superintendent of Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri. Lott has been serving as the acting superintendent since January following the retirement of Larry Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - The pastor of a Sharonville church pleaded guilty via video conference in U.S. District Court today to coercion and enticement for sexually coercing a minor female member of the church.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - On June 11, a Mexican man was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to smuggle $879,000 in alleged drug proceeds to Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Darnell Williams, age 42, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for being a felon in possession of one or more firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A Springdale, Ark., man who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to felony methamphetamine distribution charges was sentenced to five years in federal prison June 9, 2020, following a criminal investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the Rogers Police Department and the Benton County Drug Unit.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 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 on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ harmful and unauthorized new regulation restricting more than 7.5 million students-including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: “All across America, people have rightfully expressed outrage over the senseless murder of George Floyd by marching in protests and demanding change. Some are calling for defunding our police departments. Change is needed, but completely dismantling our law enforcement and criminal justice system will not solve the problems we face, and slashing Michigan law enforcement funds would only harm our communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: The miracles of scientific innovation have cured illnesses that a generation ago delivered a death sentence to many Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the death of Alonzo Brooks. Brooks’ body was found in a creek in La Cygne, Kan., on May 1, 2004.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: San Juan, PR - The U.S. Marshals Service led Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force (PRVOTF) in the District of Puerto Rico arrested a man wanted for First Degree Homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A Helena woman convicted by a jury of participating in an armed home invasion to rob a couple involved in trafficking heroin was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - The pastor of a Sharonville church pleaded guilty via video conference in U.S. District Court today to coercion and enticement for sexually coercing a minor female member of the church.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a comprehensive public database of funds distributed from the CARES Act to health care providers in the effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS- Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway Arch National Park is using a phased approach to increase visotor access to the park while continuing to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On June 9, 2020, Bryant Dewayne Pouncy, a 47 year old resident of Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 360 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premises, maintaining a drug “stash...
