News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Stephen Matthew Shumaker has been charged with mail fraud and knowingly distributing and selling a misbranded pesticidal device.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri -United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced Steven Carson, 32, of St. Charles, to 120 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Adam Holcomb, age 36, of Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on June 9, 2020, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: On June 7, 2020, at approximately 6:33 p.m. the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dispatch Center received a report of a possible drowning on Lake Powell. National Park Service Rangers and Medical Ambulance were dispatched to the Stateline Boat Ramp to render aid. Witnesses reported the victim was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in a Washington State federal court supporting the First Amendment religious freedom claims of a Pierce County church, explaining how a recent Supreme Court decision, South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom (May 29, 2020), supports the church’s claim.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of Melanie “Lanie" Paquin as area manager for the Snake River Area Office in Interior Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest. Paquin will oversee all aspects of the management, development and protection of water and related resources in the Snake River drainage basin. She will manage Reclamation projects in eastern Oregon, most of Idaho, and western Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: A Clinic Owner, Four Doctors, Two Nurse Practitioners and Three Pharmacists among Those Indicted.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Xin Wang, a scientific researcher and officer with the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) People’s Liberation Army (PLA), was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) while attempting to depart the United States for Tianjin, China, and was charged with visa fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. -Diana Baker, 53, of Louisville and a former employee of the Kentucky Commission (now Office) for Children with Special Care Needs, was sentenced to 30 months on Thursday, by U.S. District Judge Greg Van Tatenhove, for mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and four counts of theft from the state agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Somerset, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 15 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 50 Grams of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of OLGA MARINA FRANCO DEL-CID, 35, to 24 months in prison for illegal re-entry after removal and false representation of social security account number. FRANCO DEL-CID, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 3, 2020, was sentenced earlier today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: The current and forecasted weather situation coupled with extremely dry accumulations of dense vegetation throughout Southeastern Utah, has created hazardous wildfire conditions. Beginning Friday, June 12, 2020, all State, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), United States Forest Service (USFS), National Park Service (NPS), and all Unincorporated Private lands, will initiate fire restrictions for the following areas.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former office manager of a Boston-based dental practice pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges of bank fraud and tax fraud stemming from her embezzlement of funds from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jamohn Barney, 25, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm as a felon. Barney pleaded guilty to this charge on February 5, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: Announcing Camp Owa Chita registration. Phase 3 of Oklahoma Governor’s “Open Up and Recover Safely" criteria are met. Camp Owa Chita is July 6-10, 2020. We invite students entering 1st through 6th grade to attend the park’s sixth annual summer day camp! The camp will run from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday. Please plan for your campers to attend all five days.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing examining the ways in which H.R. 6909, the Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act of 2020, would help essential workers and their families who have suffered the health and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
