News from June 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 3, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from New Hampshire to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow New Hampshire to expedite the implementation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 42-year-old Navarre, Florida man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox and FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Paul E. Lubienecki, 62, of Hamburg, NY, with stalking. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: The Scorpion Fire on Santa Cruz Island is over 90 percent contained with approximately 1.300 acres estimated to have burned.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two Colombian nationals were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Christopher Thomas Gaston, 40, of St. Louis, Missouri, was charged by a federal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Gaston will appear in court on June 4, 2020 for his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Patricia L. Cohen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who allegedly pointed a loaded semiautomatic handgun at a federal agent early this morning has been charged with a federal firearm offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who allegedly pointed a loaded semiautomatic handgun at a federal agent early this morning has been charged with a federal firearm offense.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. June 3, 2020- Fire restrictions are being implemented in the lower-elevation areas of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to reduce the risk of wildfire in order to protect people, public lands, resources, and facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on CKF Produce Corp. (CKF), Brooklyn, N.Y., for failing to meet its contractual...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Gustavo Mata, 28, has been charged with murder in aid of racketeering in a criminal complaint, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Worked Using a Fraudulent Green Card and a Fictitious Social Security Number After Illegally Reentering the United States Following Deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS- A Fort Belknap man convicted of assaulting and strangling a woman in Lodge Pole, on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, last year was sentenced today to 28 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Kevin A. Kovacs, a former longtime Beavercreek police officer who was arrested in April, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced TRAVIS CURTIS, a/k/a “Lil Awh," age 22, a resident of New Orleans, to eighteen (18) months in the Bureau of Prisons for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and cocaine base (crack), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. CURTIS will be on three years of Supervised Release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, returned an indictment against four executives for their role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chickens, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that five additional municipalities have been awarded grants under the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program through the Department of Justice. The grants awarded include.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Dear Director Redfield and Assistant Secretary Kadlec...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man convicted in a drug investigation in which agents found six pounds of methamphetamine and guns in a motel room was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-11. June 3, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective May 11, 2020, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) established a Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens or Mexfly) quarantine ...
