News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND -James Heyward Silcox III pleaded guilty to all three counts in an indictment charging him with illegally importing controlled substances, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, Coast Guard Investigative Service...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Queens, N.Y. - Lifeguards will be on duty at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Jacob Riis Park beginning Wednesday, July 1. The beach will now be open for swimming.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the South Delta Planning & Development District, Greenville, Mississippi, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging KEVIN ROGER DOERR, 34, with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. DOERR was arraigned earlier today before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota. DOERR was ordered to remain in detention pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julian Rivera, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, and U-47700, was sentenced to serve 38 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Convicted Felon on Parole for Attempted First Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.8 million from his employer, a commercial real estate management company and developer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Southfield, Michigan man pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Donta Cole, 24, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, Auburn, Maine, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Three men were sentenced to federal prison in separate cases adjudicated today (June 29, 2020) in the Southern District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting the OIG initiate an investigation...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), released the following statement after attending a classified briefing at the White House on media reports that Russia put bounties on American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - On June 5, 2020, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered coercive sanctions against the owner of two Jacksonville, Florida-based contractors after finding them in contempt of court for failing to pay $2,202,049 in penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for safety and health violations at Florida worksites.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to illegally possessing the firearm he used in a drive-by shooting.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: M. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am proud to have joined with the Speaker and other Committee Chairs to introduce the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act and welcome the measure’s consideration in the House today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The entrance gate to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open on Tuesday, June 30 at 6 am, following the reopening of Highway 89A and State Route 67. The North Rim will open for day use only and visitors are encouraged to be self-sufficient as services may be limited on the Kaibab Plateau following the Mangum Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Anthony Robb, 44, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. on June 26, 2020 for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Robb received a sentence of 120 months with a five-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging KEVIN ROGER DOERR, 34, with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. DOERR was arraigned earlier today before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota. DOERR was ordered to remain in detention pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Terrence M. McRae, 40, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
