News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Loren Reed, 26, of Page, Arizona, was arrested on Tuesday, June 2, and charged in a complaint with a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e) for using the internet and telephone to willfully threaten to unlawfully damage or destroy a building by fire. Reed appeared on the charges today before United States Magistrate Judge Camille Bibles of the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Nearly two dozen federal prison inmates are facing new charges for continued illegal behavior while incarcerated, potentially adding more time to their sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: AR-15 style rifle fired toward officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings woman who admitted methamphetamine trafficking charges was sentenced today to six years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, requested a briefing for committee members from the Department of Homeland Security on recent warnings that violent opportunists are attempting...
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the release of Michael White, a U.S. citizen who has been unjustly detained in Iran for nearly two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today that four local law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Two men have been charged with federal firearms crimes in complaints filed today in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. According to United States Attorney Scott C. Blader, the two defendants have been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm after allegedly being found with a firearm during Madison protests. The cases are not related.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charles Jones, 27, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 41 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michele Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Jones was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Surrodrick McCobb (45, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered McCobb to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man who initially was arrested after throwing water bottles at police officers during protests at the Country Club Plaza was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: This is an incredibly challenging time for our country and for all the citizens we serve. I want to begin by expressing my deepest sympathies for George Floyd and his family. Like most of you, I was appalled and profoundly troubled by the video images of the incident that ended with Mr. Floyd’s tragic death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Murder was sentenced on June 2, 2020, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Resolves Fair Housing Act Lawsuit Against Guam's Government for Racial and National Origin Discrimination.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Park Police (USPP) is committed to the peaceful expression of First Amendment rights. However, this past weekend’s demonstrations at Lafayette Park and across the National Mall included activities that were not part of a peaceful protest, which resulted in injuries to USPP...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today,Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the passage ofS. 1207, the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019. The bill, first introduced in the House asH.R. 6979 in September 2018 and reintroduced asin January 2019, is the result of a multi-year collaborative effort lead by Bishop and Senator Romney, as well as the state of Utah and the Navajo Nation.
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a bipartisan group of Senate Foreign Relations Committee members in recognizing the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Florissant, CO - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Florissant Fossil Beds is increasing recreational access and some basic services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
