News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship and of religious instruction. There is no official state religion. Religious organizations may register with the government under the regulations provided for nonprofit corporate bodies. Religious minority groups continued to report instances...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of belief and the right to practice, profess, and promote any religion. Some newly converted Muslim inmates lodged a complaint with the government’s Office of the Ombudsman that they were not allowed to update their religious...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Shot Officer, Himself During Standoff at Joplin Hotel.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular and affirms the separation of religion and state. It provides for freedom of religion and equality before the law without distinction as to religion. It prohibits “denominational propaganda" that inhibits national unity. The government maintained its...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 41 months in prison for crimes related to a 2018 summer shooting that involved 5-year-old and 10-year-old victims.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Through their voices and actions, individuals across the nation and around the world are addressing racial injustices within the black community. As the stewards of parks who protect the sites and tell the stories of this on-going struggle, I want to convey our voice, the voice of the National Park Service.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - An EM partnership with Canyonlands National Park has blossomed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Ancelot Similien to 22 months in federal prison for preparing and filing false federal income tax returns. The court ordered Similien to pay $103,393 to the IRS in restitution. Similien had pleaded guilty on March 5, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Willcox, Ariz. - The National Park Service is asking visitors to take caution and not to approach wildlife, especially wild rabbits, and to keep pets on a leash at all times. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) has been detected in Cochise County and is likely to occur in the Southeast Arizona Group National Park Units including: Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Chiricahua National Monument, and Coronado National Memorial.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Visitor Center June 9 Reopening. Wilderness Road Campground June 11 Reopening. Phased Accessibility Continues at. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. [Middlesboro, KY] - The Visitor Center at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park will reopen on Tuesday, June 9 with the Wilderness Road Campground...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Awarded More than $2 million in Grants from the Department of Justice and Prince George’s County, Glenda Hodges Allegedly Misappropriated Funds for Her Personal Use and Her For-Profit Entity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington, Ky., man, Cheike Gueye, 35, pled guilty in federal court on Monday, before Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, to two counts of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced two federal criminal complaints against SAMUEL ELLIOTT FREY, 19, and BAILEY MARIE BALDUS, 19, charging them with conspiracy to commit arson. FREY and BALDUS made their initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Facilities Practicing Safe Reopening to Ensure a Stable Food Supply (Washington, D.C., June 9, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking facilities across the United States. As of this morning, across the cattle, swine, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Jonathan York, 33, pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate and then conspiring to cover up the incident while York was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee D. Michael Dunavant, and FBI-Memphis Special Agent in Charge M.A. Myers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted today on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program. Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making false statements and will be arraigned in federal court in Boston at a later date. Lieber was arrested on Jan. 28, 2020, and charged by criminal complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: The president of a California-based medical technology company was charged in a complaint unsealed today in the Northern District of California, in connection with his alleged participation in schemes to mislead investors, to manipulate the company’s stock price and to conspire to commit health care ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: A former resident of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty today to export smuggling and two felony violations of the Lacey Act for collecting, falsely labeling, and shipping protected marine invertebrate species as part of an effort to subvert Puerto Rican law designed to protect corals and other reef species, the Department of Justice announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: East West Bank, Pasadena, California Flood insurance violations civil money penalty, dated June 8, 2020 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
