News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Erik Daniel Gonzalez-Ramirez, age 30, of Mexico, with illegal reentry and alien in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Webb City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Newton County, Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: The body of an 18-year-old male who went missing yesterday afternoon in the Pamlico Sound was found by a search and rescue team this morning.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field Office has temporarily closed public access to the Five Mile Campground located five miles north of the Yukon River bridge on the Dalton Highway. The closure is necessary to accommodate firefighters using the campground as they fight the Isom Creek Fire.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Tax Relief to Support Workers and Families during the COVID-19 Recession" on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 12 P.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Earl D. Miller, 40, of Goshen, Indiana was charged by way of an Indictment with 6 counts of wire fraud, 1 count of securities fraud, and 1 count of bankruptcy fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Corvallis, Oregon, man has been charged with defrauding members of his church, coworkers, and others by soliciting investments under the false pretense of supporting Christian missionaries and organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Fifteen Defendants Plead Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy in International Cyber Fraud Scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2020 - Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2020 must do so by June 30. Although program elections for the 2020 crop year remain the same as elections made for 2019, all producers need to contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to sign a 2020 enrollment contract.
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 Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On or around June 15, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management Winnemucca District, Black Rock Field Office will begin a wild horse gather on the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) located about 40 miles west of Winnemucca in Humboldt County, Nevada. The action is needed due to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rhashean Strange, age 35, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 10, 2020 by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 14 years’ imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Earl D. Miller, 40, of Goshen, Indiana was charged by way of an Indictment with 6 counts of wire fraud, 1 count of securities fraud, and 1 count of bankruptcy fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The former owner of a construction company today admitted his role in defrauding a retirement plan set up by the company, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Williston, ND - Fort Union Join us online for a new and engaging Rendezvous experience the week of June 18-21. Our digital content will follow the same order of events as our previously scheduled live Rendezvous that was cancelled due to Covid-19 safety concerns. All digital content will be available on www.nps.gov/fous and at.
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 DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, earlier this week spoke on the Senate floor about the Great American Outdoors Act, which would help address deferred maintenance backlogs on federal land-including at National Parks and National Forests in Alaska-while providing greater funding for local recreational ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Joseph Shockey, 53, of Fort Mitchell, Ky., was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Thursday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after previously pleading guilty, in January 2020, to bank fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $600,000 grant to the Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana, Havre, Montana, to capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund that will provide businesses in Northern Montana with the financing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - An inmate housed at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina (“FCC Butner") was sentenced yesterday to 30 months of incarceration for possessing weapons inside the federal prison.
