News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Brett Lawrence Rozenburgh (55, Tampa) to 13 months in federal prison for passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. The court also ordered Rozenburgh to pay restitution to the victims he defrauded. Rozenburgh had pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Stetson Shane Barnes, 28, of Loving, New Mexico, Donald Alfred Busch, 32, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, Jehra Lynn Hedgecock, 31, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and Tyson Lee Terrell, 36, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, appeared in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico during the course of this week...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Defendant Raised Millions for Investment in Silicon Valley Start-Ups But Allegedly Took Fees Far Exceeding What Agreements Allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Christopher Steven Ledbetter, 29, of McLoud, Oklahoma, has pled guilty to unlawfully possessing a fully automatic machinegun, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - Nicholas Brown, Jr., 25, of Jackson County, Mississippi was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to 60 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Brown was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Joshua Eugene Burton (34, Arnold, Missouri) to 25 years in federal prison for enticing and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit activity, and for being a registered sex offender who committed another sex offense involving...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Northwest Arkansas - Buffalo National River has opened park roads, to include park administrative roads, to electric bikes (e-bikes). E-bikes are bikes equipped with a small electric motor and there are three classes with differing power/speed ratings. While bicycles have always been allowed on park roads, they are now also allowed on administrative roads. Bicycles and e-bikes are still prohibited from being used on trails in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, United States District Court Judge James A. Soto found Dennis Raymond McPherron, 74, of Hamilton, Montana, guilty of illegally smuggling bald eagle feathers (and other feathers from protected species) into the United States, in violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The case was tried before District Court Judge Soto in January. McPherron faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for October 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - An Aurora man was arrested today on a federal civil disorder charge for allegedly throwing an explosive or incendiary device at a Naperville Police Department vehicle during a protest earlier this month.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Oregon counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Crook and Umatilla counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. Independence Day is right around the corner and the Bureau of Land Management, our friend Smokey Bear and our wildland firefighters remind you to be safe and responsible when enjoying public lands. We need your help this holiday to prevent human-caused wildfires and keep Wyoming beautiful.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Charles Neil Parker, 39, and Krista Parker, 36, were sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for multiple counts of intentional child abuse. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Charles Neil Parker and Krista Parker each to 72...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, Dothan, Alabama, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - A proposal to develop a new campground at the Shurtz Canyon Trailhead, about five miles south of Cedar City, is the focus of a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) draft environmental assessment (EA) that is available for public review and comments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Joshua Eugene Burton (34, Arnold, Missouri) to 25 years in federal prison for enticing and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit activity, and for being a registered sex offender who committed another sex offense involving...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Michael Prime (40, formerly of Brandon) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for access device (credit card) fraud, identity theft, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Prime was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. He had pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A pharmacist who owned and operated Fulghum Pharmacy in Baxley, Ga. was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy that involved health care fraud and illegal distribution of opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, June 25, 2020, Bobby Turner, a 64-year-old man from Navarre, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his prison sentence, Turner will be on supervised release for two years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined several of his committee colleagues in a letter calling for answers from the Administration about the Strategic National Stockpile, which is maintained by the federal government...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a compliance directive designed to ensure uniformity in inspection and enforcement procedures when addressing respirable crystalline silica exposures in general industry, maritime, and construction.
