News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky.- A Florence, Kentucky, man, Cordero D. Warren, 31, pled guilty in federal court on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Santa Maria, Calif. man was sentenced in federal court in Columbus today to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A real estate development consultant has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering offense for participating in a wide-ranging “pay-to-play" scheme in which developers bribed public officials - including a member of the Los Angeles City Council - to secure official acts that would benefit their projects.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon County, Georgia resident with a criminal history was sentenced to prison for possessing guns, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Joe Oliver Butler, III, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on Tuesday, May 12 during a video...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Key Takeaways from the April Jobs Report.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: President Continues to Target Funds Toward Testing, PPE for Vulnerable Communities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Virtual Annual Candlelight Vigil. BISMARCK - In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney Drew H. Wrigley, recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement. The week will be observed Sunday, May 10 through Saturday, May 16, 2020. "There is no more noble profession...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Omnicare, Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health and a provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, has agreed to pay the United States a $15.3 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by, among other things, allowing opioids and other controlled substances to be dispensed without a valid prescription.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Raleigh man with nine counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: DENVER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is offering a new online program in three Colorado field offices enabling the public to purchase permits for fuelwood online. Permits are required for harvesting forest products from BLM-managed lands.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on the Trump Administration to take strong action against the Chinese government following reports that state-sponsored hackers attacked American hospitals and research...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: For the purpose of staying healthy while following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and Dare and Hyde County public health authorities, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for selling fentanyl to an undercover officer.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: * They are using this pandemic to expand their own top-down, Washington-driven view of the world, going as far as to deny Americans access to even information about options that aren’t Obamacare.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's May forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney John Lausch recognized the service of federal, state, and local law enforcement, especially those officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Ocean Springs, Miss. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gulf Islands National Seashore is increasing recreational access at the Mississippi areas. 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 | May 13, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Edwin Calligan, age 42, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following his conviction by a jury in January 2020 for being a felon in possession of a firearm, importing a detectible amount of 5F-ADB (synthetic cannabinoid) into the United States and attempted possession with intent to distribute 5F-ADB, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Omnicare Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health and a provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, has agreed to pay the United States a $15.3 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by, among other things, allowing opioids and other controlled substances to be dispensed without a valid prescription.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, announced today that Lamario Mills, a/k/a Rio, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to possessing with intent to distribute, ...
