News from June 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Dover, TN - The National Park Service has concluded its investigation into the June 10, 2020, vandalism to a Confederate Monument at Fort Donelson National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Maurice Fayne, who stars in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Fayne is charged with bank fraud, making a false statement to a federally-insured financial institution, and money laundering, all in connection with a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. In addition, Fayne is charged with wire fraud in connection with a Ponzi scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District announces the availability of a preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Moriah Herd Area located in White Pine County, Nevada. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 30 days.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Overview: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) remained a cooperative counterterrorism partner and continued to increase its CT capacity in 2019. There were no known registered BiH citizens who attempted to travel to foreign battlefields in 2019, although dozens remain in Iraq, Syria ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Juan Carlos Brewster, 36, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 108 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Jesse Caine Brocius, 40, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty today to devising a bank fraud and money laundering scheme through which he stole nearly $400,000, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Eritrea. Overview: In May 2019, the Department of State removed Eritrea from the list of countries certified as “not cooperating fully" with U.S. CT efforts pursuant to section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act. Eritrea had been on the list since 2008. In considering this annual determination, the Department...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Eritrea. Overview: In May 2019, the Department of State removed Eritrea from the list of countries certified as “not cooperating fully" with U.S. CT efforts pursuant to section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act. Eritrea had been on the list since 2008. In considering this annual determination, the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Folashade Adufe Horne, 51, of Laurel, Maryland, and Sikirat Adunni Brown, 58, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, were both arrested today after being charged in federal court with defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin; James A. Dawson, Special...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Kenya. Overview: In 2019, Kenya suffered its worst terrorist attack in four years when al-Shabaab (AS) attacked the Dusit D2 hotel complex in Nairobi. The use of a suicide vest and the targeting of civilians were notable. Additionally, the region bordering Somalia continued to suffer attacks, particularly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedrick Tillman, 36, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Brian McIver, 49, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 96 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. McIver was also ordered to pay a $7,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Paul David Graves, Jr., 49, of Moss Point, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release with 6 months of home confinement, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. Graves was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Uganda. Overview: The Government of Uganda (GOU) continued to make important contributions toward CT efforts in East Africa and the Horn of Africa in 2019. As the largest troop contributing country to AMISOM, Uganda remained a key partner in regional efforts to neutralize al-Shabaab. However, in April...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Indonesia. Overview: Indonesia applied sustained pressure to detect, disrupt, and degrade terrorist groups operating within its borders and deny them safe haven. ISIS-affiliated Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) and its offshoots continued to target police and other symbols of state authority. While not a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Clarence Michael Ransom, 52, of Las Cruces, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces on June 23 to one count of attempted production of child pornography, two counts of international parental kidnapping and one count of failure to report international travel as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: The Scorpion Fire burn area of approximately 1,411 acres will be closed for restoration until further notice.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, resident was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for possessing child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Kyrgyz Republic. Overview: The Kyrgyz Republic’s CT efforts continue to focus on rooting out “extremists," CVE, limiting the flow of Kyrgyz FTFs, and preventing those returning from conflicts abroad from engaging in terrorist activities. While the Kyrgyz Republic is concerned about ISIS, ISIS-K, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 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 Southwestern North Carolina Planning & Economic Development Commission, Sylva, North Carolina, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
