News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Robert Owusu, 52, of the Bronx, New York, and a native and citizen of Ghana, was sentenced to one year and one day of imprisonment, and three years of supervised release, by United States District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, for attempting to fraudulently obtain a United States passport using a false identity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced today that three alleged members of...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who admitted supplying methamphetamine for a drug deal with a confidential informant was sentenced today to six years in prison and four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Kylee Mee-Shell Martinez, 27, of Mescalero, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico on June 1 to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Riverside Medical Clinic, a company that operates seven medical offices in Riverside County, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide effective communication to deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Carlos Garcia Rivero, 45, of Mt. Morris, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, led Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Bob Casey (D-PA) in introducing the Child Care is Essential Act, to address the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Members of the National Response Team of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrived in St. Paul earlier this week to begin working with local, state and federal partners to investigate fires set during the recent unrest in the Twin Cities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: A Detroit resident was charged in a criminal complaint for his alleged role in a scheme to obtain $590,900 from the Payroll Protection Program for a non-functioning business, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom has announced changes in the fee program at Cape Cod National Seashore for the upcoming 2020 season. The daily vehicle entrance will increase from $20 to $25. This change is in response to the National Park Service effort to standardize...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Huntington men were sentenced to federal prison today as part of Operation Free Market, a long-term drug investigation in Huntington, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: San Juan, PR - On June 02, 2020, the U.S. Marshals-led Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force arrested a man wanted in Wisconsin on a federal narcotics violation warrant.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Dayton, Ohio man pled guilty to drug and gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Keenan Watson, 24, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Chula Vista Police Dept. to Receive $750,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the June Federal Grand Jury A.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) new Section 301 investigations into several countries’ proposed or adopted digital service taxes...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Kylee Mee-Shell Martinez, 27, of Mescalero, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico on June 1 to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: New Smyrna Beach/Titusville,FL - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Canaveral National Seashore is increasing recreational access. 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.

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: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Plantation, Florida,, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.