News published on Federal Newswire in June 2020

News from June 2020


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Suffolk man was sentenced today to over nine years in prison for his role in an international fraud conspiracy that stole over $3.9 million from hundreds of victims.


Reclamation announces 60-day public comment period for Central Valley Project Santa Clara Valley Water District contract amendment

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to execute a second amendment to Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Contract No. 7-07-20-W0023, dated June 7, 1977, to add contract language to include mutually agreed upon additional points of delivery.


Grays Harbor County Woman Charged with Production of Child Pornography

News Release: Tacoma - A 34-year-old woman who resides in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County in Southwest Washington State appeared in U.S. District Court in Tacoma Friday charged with production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. TAMARA STANLEY was arrested without incident on June 25, 2020, and remains detained at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac.


Chairman Neal Statement on House Passage of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act...


Reclamation increasing flows out of Hungry Horse Dam ahead of storm system

News Release: HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation proactively increased releases at Hungry Horse Dam last week in anticipation of heavy precipitation in the Flathead River basin early this week.


News Release: Fort Payne, Ala. - Después de estar cerrado por más de 12 semanas, Canyon Mouth Park va a abrir de nuevo. Canyon Mouth Park es un lugar popular para ir de picnic, nadar y practicar kayak en el extremo sur del parque, donde el Little River sale de Litte River Canyon y pasa de rápidos de aguas blancas a un río tranquilo y sereno antes de salir del parque.


Nashville Man Facing Federal Firearms Charge After Pointing Gun at Police Officers

News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 29, 2020 - Jotez Anderson, 27, of Nashville, has been charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence chiropractor today admitted that he created and executed a scheme to defraud a health care benefits program and that he failed to pay taxes on some of the income he received from his business.


Nottingham Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Crime

News Release: CONCORD - Clifford A. Bullock, 71, of Nottingham, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to transportation of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: BOSTON - A Virginia man, currently on federal supervised release for a previous conviction, was indicted yesterday in federal court in Worcester with making a false statement on a loan application and aggravated identity theft.


Charleston Doctor Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Distribution of Methadone

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston doctor who practiced at Neurology & Pain Center, PLLC was sentenced to prison for illegal distribution of controlled substances that were not for legitimate medical purposes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Muhammed Samer Nasher-Alneam, 48, was sentenced...


Chair DeFazio’s Statement Before the Rules Committee on the Moving Forward Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), during the Rules Committee meeting on H.R. 2 The Moving Forward Act.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing fentanyl.


Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Sending Threatening Mail to Miami Federal Courthouse

News Release: MIAMI - Today, a federal judge in South Florida sentenced an inmate to three years in federal prison for mailing threatening communications to a Miami federal courthouse. Freddy Velazquez, 47, mailed the threats from a state prison in Monticello, Florida, where he was serving a sentence on a prior conviction.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that THIERNO O. BAH, age 29, and MANUELA GONZALEZ-BOOKMAN, age 73, both residents of New York, New York, were charged on June 26, 2020 in an indictment with charges related to their arrest by Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies on Feb. 19, 2020 in Metairie, Louisiana.


Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty To Meth Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - 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.


Former Cincinnati City Council President Pleads Guilty to Charge of Honest Services Wire Fraud Through Bribery

News Release: CINCINNATI - Former Cincinnati City Council president pro tem Tamaya Dennard, 40, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to accepting $15,000 in bribe money she sought and accepted as payment in exchange for her vote on a proposal before Council.


News Release: HOUSTON - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Houston, Texas, removed a convicted alien smuggler Friday who is wanted for homicide in Mexico.


The Department of Justice Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against the Owner and Manager of Rental Properties in Davenport, Iowa

News Release: The Department of Justice Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against the Owner and Manager of Rental Properties in Davenport, Iowa.


News Release: LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General-Northeast Area Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, and Suffolk County Police Commissioner...