News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Two Pennsylvania men pled guilty today for their participation in a drug trafficking operation in Mercer County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sezar Hamilton, 39, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute hydromorphone and Alonzo Wooden, 44, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and oxymorphone. Both men were charged as a result of a long-term, multi-state investigation known as Operation X-Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that David Sidney Wells, age 44, of Towaoc, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 360 months (30 years) in federal prison, followed by 10 years on supervised release, for committing a violent sexual and physical assault against his wife on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Glenn K. Smith, 52, of Webster, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Savage Family Pharmacy, located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the United States $180,480 in civil penalties for allegedly failing to comply with recordkeeping and other requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. These alleged violations enabled the diversion of opioids from the pharmacy over an extended period of time.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Winnemucca BLM District Division of Fire Management is constructing fuel breaks along roads in the Owyhee Desert. The goal is to decrease hazardous fuel loading adjacent to roads on roughly 4,900 acres. The fuel breaks will be in the William Stock allotment roughly 10 miles NE of Paradise along approximately 60 miles of roads. The project will be conducted over a three-year period from September through February yearly.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the Senate’s upcoming procedural vote related to the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of three individuals for Conspiracy to Commit Burglary Involving Controlled Substances.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Chairwoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Chairman Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Theodore Hall (42, Tampa) with possessing firearms and ammunition, after having been convicted of 18 felony offenses. If convicted, Hall faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Special Agent John Garcia, with the FBI Phoenix Division’s Flagstaff Resident Agency, encountered a serious one-vehicle accident while driving on Copper Mine Road toward Page, Arizona.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts, to develop a resilience-based strategy for economic development for three Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone located in East New Orleans, Louisiana. The strategy will serve as a footprint for leveraging private investment and encouraging economic diversification.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Recently, park staff have identified a large culvert failure at mile marker 12 on the South Unit Scenic Drive. The culvert failure has undermined and caved in a portion of the road surface, causing hazardous conditions for motorists. Starting June 15th, the road will be closed at Wind Canyon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Three more people have been charged with crimes related to an investigation into corruption in San Francisco’s City Hall, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett of the San Francisco Division; and Internal...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has scheduled a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) via teleconference and WebEx on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is pleased to announce the opportunity for interested parties to submit proposals to lease Avon Fishing Pier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: FBI Offering Reward for Information About a Police Car Burned on May 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Yolanda Herrera (41, Georgia) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. She faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that David Sidney Wells, age 44, of Towaoc, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 360 months (30 years) in federal prison, followed by 10 years on supervised release, for committing a violent sexual and physical assault against his wife on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jeffrey Treu, former police chief of Wisner, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 12 months of probation for making a false statement to a special agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). He will also be required to pay a $1,000 fine and a $100 special assessment.
