News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Fletcher Terrell Minor, 43, of Monroe, was sentenced June 24, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty, to 10 years in prison, a three-year term of supervised release following his release from prison, and forfeiture of the firearm related to this charge. Minor pled guilty on March 9, 2020, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Medford, Ore. - As the weather warms and fire danger increases, Bureau of Land Management Medford District officials are implementing public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands in southern Oregon. Starting June 29, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., certain activities on BLM-managed lands in Jackson and Josephine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chinese businesswoman was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chinese businesswoman was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 50-year-old Plano, Texas man has been indicted and charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
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 Clearwater Economic Development Association, Lewiston, Idaho, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
Release: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - A Georgia man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers when they spotted a.40 caliber handgun loaded with 12 bullets in his carry-on bag at University Park Airport on Thursday, June 25th.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A licensed pharmacist who owned and operated CARE4U Pharmacy in Manassas pleaded guilty today to illegally distributing prescription drugs, including oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax, by filling fake or fraudulent prescriptions.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Manhattan Project National Historical Park 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 26, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RANDY LEW WILLIAMS, 57, of Edmond, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to illegally shipping firearms to the Middle East and two other firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A licensed pharmacist who owned and operated CARE4U Pharmacy in Manassas pleaded guilty today to illegally distributing prescription drugs, including oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax, by filling fake or fraudulent prescriptions.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate William Perry Pendley to be the Director of the Bureau of Land Management at the U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt applauded the action.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Phillip Roy Wasserman (63, Sarasota) and Kenneth Murry Rossman (62, Bradenton) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, as well as substantive counts of wire fraud and mail fraud. If...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BOCA RATON, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Action Roofing Services, Inc. - based in Pompano Beach, Florida - for exposing employees to fall hazards at a worksite in Boca Raton, Florida. The roofing contractor faces $51,952 in penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Desert District is reminding the public that the use of all fireworks including “safe and sane" are prohibited year-round on all BLM-managed public lands throughout southern California. Restrictions also include the use of floating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Russian National Sentenced to Prison for Operating Websites Devoted to Fraud and Malicious Cyber Activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced the United States and the European Union will launch a U.S.-EU dialogue on the People’s Republic of China. House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul recently called for better dialogue between the two in order to address the threat posed to democratic nations by the Chinese Communist Party. Below is a statement from McCaul on today’s announcement...
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.
