News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Two convicted felons have been charged with federal firearm offenses for allegedly illegally possessing loaded handguns in Chicago this past weekend.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of jurisdiction over the Medicaid program wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern over prolonged delays in disbursing funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) for Medicaid-dependent providers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Garrith Bitsilly, 33, of Newcomb, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on June 1 to a charge of abusive sexual contact in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester, Mass. man was arrested and charged today with civil disorder and possession of a Molotov cocktail during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred during demonstrations in the City of Worcester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A Montana City man convicted by a jury of illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced today to five years and thee months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of jurisdiction over the Medicaid program wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern over prolonged delays in disbursing funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) for Medicaid-dependent providers.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
Release: (Washington, D.C., June 3, 2020) As a result of increased grizzly bear depredations on livestock, the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are collaborating to provide additional support to Montana livestock producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of More than $20 Million in Assets Relating to Unlawful Use of U.S. Financial System to Evade and Violate Iranian Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Two convicted felons have been charged with federal firearm offenses for allegedly illegally possessing loaded handguns in Chicago this past weekend. KEVIN D. TUNSTALL, 29, of Oak Forest, and JOHNNIE L. LEE, 32, of Chicago, are each charged with one count of illegal possession of a firearm ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man has pled guilty to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Londel Sanders, 26, pled guilty to selling heroin and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against AECOM, an architecture and engineering firm based in Los Angeles, California, and certain disaster relief applicants, alleging that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the repair or replacement of certain facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced today.
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: DAYTON - Kevin A. Kovacs, a former longtime Beavercreek police officer who was arrested in April, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the 'Khartoum massacre' in Sudan, when hundreds of Sudanese were injured, went missing, or lost their lives:
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: OSCAR ALDREDO ORTIZ, age 19, recently of Cheyenne, Wyoming and JACOB NATHANIEL HOPKINS TRIGG, age 18, of Erie, Colorado entered pleas of not guilty at their arraignments on June 1, 2020. Both were indicted on May 21, 2020 in federal court for one count of carjacking and aiding and abetting each other...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management has re-opened the popular North Hills area to public access.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-12. June 3, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective June 5, 2020, after issuance of this Federal Order, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the restrictions for the importation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of jurisdiction over the Medicaid program sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern over prolonged delays in disbursing funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) for Medicaid-dependent providers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Members of the National Response Team of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrived in Minneapolis earlier this week to begin working with local, state and federal partners to investigate fires set during the recent unrest in the Twin Cities.
