News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Nancy, Kentucky man, Rex Doane, 35, was sentenced on Friday to 292 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Last night, after seeing the video of the incident occurring in front of City Hall, I was concerned and immediately contacted both BPD Commissioner Lockwood and FBI Acting SAC Guyton. The officers involved have been suspended pending further investigation. On behalf of the entire law enforcement community, I offer our sincere best wishes to the injured gentleman, as we hope and pray for his speedy and complete recovery.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Paicines, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local public health authorities, Pinnacles National Park is increasing recreational access to east side of the park located near Hollister, CA. The National Park Service (NPS) is working...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Illinois man today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud the Medicare Program in connection with fraudulent orders for genetic tests, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Brian Bartels of suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was charged today with obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder in the City of Pittsburgh over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bartels allegedly initiated the damage to a police car outside of PPG Paints Arena, including spraying painting the car and smashing its windshield. After others joined him, the car was set on fire.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: NOW LAW: Flexibility on coronavirus relief loans for small biz.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Lou Correa, the Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 21 years in prison for participating in armed robberies of a Lyft driver, a Papa John’s Pizza delivery person, and the clerk of a Sunoco gas station.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Sacramento, Calif. -The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act). Today’s release announces an additional 60-day public comment period for 20 irrigation contracts. No substantive...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 48-year-old New Boston, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: In an effort to ensure the safety and protection of the public, park staff, resources, and facilities, Cane River Creole National Historical Park will close Sunday, June 7 based on the impending threat of Tropical Depression Cristobal. The closure is expected to last through Monday, June 8 until the storm safely passes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Shelby woman convicted of firearms crimes for lying while buying a handgun and then giving it to a juvenile was sentenced on June 4 to six months in prison, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - United States Park Police officers and other assisting law enforcement partners did not use tear gas or OC Skat Shells to close the area at Lafayette Park in response to violent protestors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Christopher Steven Ledbetter, 29, of McLoud, Oklahoma, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully possessing a fully automatic machinegun, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 48-year-old New Boston, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill.-U.S. Marshals Service deputies arrested a Champaign, Ill., man, Shamar N. Betts, 19, early this morning in Tchula, Miss., on a state burglary warrant issued by Champaign county. Betts has also been charged in a federal criminal complaint with using the internet to incite rioting in Champaign...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Michigan Republicans Call Out Gov. Whitmer For Failing to Share Federal COVID Relief Funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: The COVID-19 crisis has taken a significant toll on our economy - more than 42 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits during the pandemic. And the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is currently projecting hard times ahead, with most workers on average earning less than they did before...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced legislation demanding states do as Congress intended: Stop hoarding federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) and distribute the money to those rural communities and smaller cities and towns that need it most.
