News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that a former Colorado state district court judge, Ryan Kamada, age 41, of Windsor, Colorado, pleaded guilty to obstructing a federal task force investigation of a large-scale cocaine trafficking organization. Kamada learned about the investigation in his official capacity as a judge and then disclosed details of the investigation to a friend, who then tipped off the target individual.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Marquese Jerrodda Allen (43, St. Petersburg) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Allen was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act, in light of his lengthy criminal history. He was found guilty following a bench trial on Dec. 2, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Committee, urged Republicans to work with Democrats to require the Trump Administration to provide a comprehensive...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - In coordination with the Casper Events Center and the City of Casper, the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center will temporarily close its parking lot to vehicle access during the Fourth of July Fireworks Show in Casper. The gate at the entrance of the Trails Center off North Poplar Street will close at 4:30 p.m. July 4.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 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 Capital District Regional Planning Commission, Albany, New York, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: The grants are awarded to 347 Airports in 46 States and 4 Territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JULIO MARTINEZ, 41, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in the illegal purchase of two firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Seattle doctor was taken into custody today on allegations that he fraudulently sought over $3 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Josea Michael Kazhe, 19, of Mescalero, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico on June 25 to assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on June 29, 2020, Johnathan Keith Sneed, age 34, of Burlington, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for a felon in possession of a firearm charge. Sneed was sentenced to 80 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years. Sneed was ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory A. Booker, D-N.J., today introduced legislation to support the economic recovery by immediately financing six months of wages and supportive services for unemployed workers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 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 Planning and Development District III, Yankton, South Dakota, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against LoneStar Produce Express LLC. The company, operating from Texas, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to nine produce sellers in the amount of $283,844 from December 2017 through October 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged five Dayton men in an identity theft conspiracy that involved re-encoding gift and credit cards in order to steal gasoline at approximately 50 Dayton-area gas stations and convenience stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: FBI Reward-2018 Whiteriver Homicide. The FBI and White Mountain Apache Tribe police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual/s responsible for the murder of Joseph Clyde Taylor, 29. On August 5, 2018, Taylor was stabbed in Whiteriver, Arizona, at around 5:45 p.m. Taylor was taken...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS -- The U.S. Attorney’s Office today announced that Mitchell Joseph Wright. 40, of Los Angeles, CA, appeared on Monday on a criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statements marking the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Agreement’s entry into force tomorrow, July 1, 2020...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Freddy Moore, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM has awarded a two-year grant extension to an intergovernmental groundwater testing program carried out by Nye County that works to ensure the safety of publicly accessible water.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is preparing for the upcoming Fourth of July weekend.
