News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 50-year-old Whitewright, Texas woman 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: BOSTON - A Swiss lawyer was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with participating in an international pump-and-dump scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, June 1, 2020, Steven Pruitt, Jr., a 36-year-old man from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his five-year prison sentence, Pruitt will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Tonya Danielle Ham, 36, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to one year probation, including 30-days of home confinement, for disposal or transfer of a firearm to a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the federal prosecution of Tevin R. Patton for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The federal criminal complaint asserts that the Memphis, Tennessee, man drew a firearm after curfew earlier this week in downtown Louisville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - Angelo Bell, 37, has been sentenced to 68 months imprisonment for illegal possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentencing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Gary Jones, the former President of the international United Auto Workers union, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other high-level UAW officials to embezzle over $1 million of UAW dues money, to further racketeering activity, and to evade taxes announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity export sales of 186,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 66,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 120,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Mobile, AL - In the evening of May 28, Deputy U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement officers surrounded a trailer in Baytown, Texas, they suspected was occupied by long-time fugitive Norman Young, wanted since 2007 after the Drug Enforcement Agency attempted to serve a warrant on him on his 40-acre compound in northwest Mobile County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Erie, Pa. - A federal criminal complaint was filed today charging Melquan Barnett, 28, of Erie, Pennsylvania, with malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives. After a May 30, 2020 gathering of protesters was hijacked, Barnett allegedly set a fire at Ember + Forge, a coffee shop located at 401 State Street in Erie, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 50-year-old Whitewright, Texas woman 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: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Department of Justice announced nearly $400 million in grant funding through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 596 law enforcement agencies across the nation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - “Moody Police Sergeant Stephen Williams’ end of watch has come much too soon. Our condolences and prayers are with his family, friends, and fellow officers. His loss is a loss for all of Alabama. This serves as yet another heartbreaking and stark reminder of the perils encountered by law enforcement each day.".
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 US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) issued the following joint statement in support of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s order to suspend scheduled passenger flights of Chinese air carriers to and from the United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: The annual Gulf of Mexico dead zone is primarily caused by excess nutrient pollution from human activities in urban and agricultural areas throughout the Mississippi River watershed. When the excess nutrients reach the Gulf, they stimulate an overgrowth of algae, which eventually die and decompose, depleting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging John Wesley Mobley, Jr. (36, Orlando) with false impersonation of a federal officer. If convicted, Mobley faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Jarrel Williams was sentenced today to 13 years and six months (162 months) in prison for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the implementation of vehicle-free access along the Cades Cove Loop Road each Wednesday, from June 17 through Sept. 30, as part of a pilot study to improve the visitor experience. The park proposed the study due to congested parking areas and disruption of visitor services associated with the vehicle-free periods on Wednesday and Saturday mornings during the summer months that have been in effect for several years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Department of Justice today announced $750,000 in funding was awarded to three law enforcement agencies in Nevada, as part of the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 596 law enforcement...
