News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Quincy D’own Nash, 42, of Hobbs, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on May 27 to eight years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Marco Lizandro Duarte-Beltran, aka Marco Antonio Duarte-Beltran, 34, an illegal alien from Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the following Monday morning in response to the violence that played out over the weekend in cities across the country...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC-2 ) is a new fleet of six small satellites launched last June. Since May 26, the constellation has begun feeding more than 4,000 vertical sets of measurements of atmospheric temperature and humidity in the tropics and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Joseph R. Bonavolonta's Statement on Violent Protests in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Billy Joe West, 57, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty today to misusing his position as a supervisor at a federally contracted drug testing facility to enrich himself by soliciting and accepting bribes from supervisees on federal supervision in exchange for concealing their positive and missed drug tests, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Fire Restrictions to be Implemented in Zion National Park; Campfires Prohibited in Zion Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina is joining federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in their efforts to preserve our citizens’ First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly while protecting our communities from violence and destruction.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
Release: Starting today, June 1, 2020, all fresh fruit and vegetable import permits issued by APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine through ePermits will be valid for one year only.In fall 2020, importers will be able to use APHIS’ eFile permitting system to request fresh fruit and vegetable import permits. eFile ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Prof. Bruce Bagley Participated in the International Laundering of Over $2 Million Derived from Venezuelan Bribery and Corruption.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Stephen J. Cox has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. Cox was appointed to the position by Attorney General William P. Barr pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546. Cox took the oath of office today from U.S. District Judge Michael Truncale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON W.Va. - Two men who participated in a conspiracy which saw large quantities of methamphetamine transported from Akron, Ohio and distributed across the Southern District of West Virginia were sentenced to federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Aaron Del Thompson...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leaders continue to promote policies that spur innovation, reduce burdensome regulations, and help America lead in technologies that will define our nation’s future.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Torrey, UT - Capitol Reef National Park is fully open with implementation of our final phased resumption in operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The park has followed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Utah State guidance and has installed social distancing measures in the visitor center and Gifford House, open as of June 1, and at the Fruita Campground opening June 2.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released a statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s recent announcement of a final rule on section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) today sent letters...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Chinese official who was a fugitive for over five years has been extradited from Sweden to Los Angeles to face federal charges that allege he laundered millions of dollars of stolen money, using some of the funds to purchase two properties in a suburban Los Angeles-area community.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
Release: Today, the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) posted on its website two draft Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (RSPMs) and one Science & Technology document for 2020 Consultation (review and commenting). APHIS is inviting U.S. stakeholders to submit comments to PPQ on the draft NAPPO documents by the dates noted below.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: BIRMIMGHAM, Ala. - U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr. and United States Marshal Marty Keely today release the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Billy Joe West, 57, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty today to misusing his position as a supervisor at a federally contracted drug testing facility to enrich himself by soliciting and accepting bribes from supervisees on federal supervision in exchange for concealing their positive and missed drug tests, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
