News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Antonie Latimore (36, Winter Haven) to 10 years and 10 months years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine base. Latimore had pleaded guilty on March 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge sentenced an Ensley man today for carjacking and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence that occurred in Birmingham, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Acting Special Agent in Charge Frank Haera.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Williamsport, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Daevon Kymm Bodden - a 19-year old Lewisburg man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with Bradford Child Care Services, Inc., which owns Tender Care Learning Centers (“Tender Care"), to resolve allegations that Tender Care was not...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a federal grand jury of an indictment charging Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari (23, Tampa) with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS"), and with violations of the National Firearms Act. If convicted on all counts, Al-Azhari faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Lewiston Sales Inc. (Lewiston), doing business as Arcadia Stockyards for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Lewiston waived his right to a hearing and paid a penalty of $5,050.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: After ignoring numerous calls from bicameral Democratic health committee leaders to create a broad special enrollment period and release data on health care enrollment trends, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finally released limited data yesterday. In response, House Energy and Commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John Van Hazinga, aka “Big John," 42 years old, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 5 years of probation following his felony conviction for distributing marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are deeply troubled by the June 15th conviction of Philippine journalists Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos Jr on “cyber libel" charges. This politically motivated verdict highlights our longstanding concerns regarding the erosion of democratic norms under the Duterte administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two alleged members of the Franklin Hill street gang in Boston were arrested on federal drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEFAN GILLIER, a/k/a “Stephan Gillier," a/k/a “Stefan R.R. Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Van Gorp," a Belgian citizen, was extradited today from Italy to the United States. GILLIER...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Deonte Turner, 28, Fitchburg, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm as a felon. Turner pleaded guilty to this charge on Dec. 27, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: MILL VALLEY, CA-Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Muir Woods National Monument is restoring recreational access and some visitor services. 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 DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, released the following statement after House Democrats failed to overturn President Trump’s veto of H.J. Res 76...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to over one year in prison for his role in a conspiracy to straw purchase 31 firearms.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to request that he provide Congress the state testing plans that the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act required to be submitted to HHS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Antwone Malik Coleman Booker, 19, of Moss Point, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 108 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed robbery of a business and using a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Mike ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ newly issued “equitable services" rule, which will redirect COVID-19 relief...
