News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today condemned a final rule by the Trump...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: The Census Bureau will offer a two-day media embargo period for subscribers to view the 2019 population estimates for local governmental units, including incorporated places, minor civil divisions and consolidated cities. Housing unit estimates will also be released for the nation, states and counties.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Representatives Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Rodrigo Santos was charged in a criminal complaint with bank fraud in connection with a scheme to divert into his personal bank account funds that his clients intended to be paid to the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (“DBI") and other city departments, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Aviation maintenance student Frank A. Jalion Amaro has pleaded guilty to bribing an FAA Designated Mechanic Examiner in exchange for receiving a passing score on the FAA’s Airframe and Powerplant examination.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Bayfield, Wisconsin - Two docks and a vault toilet in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore were damaged by winter storms. The Michigan Island and Manitou Island docks will remain closed until work crews can fully assess and repair damages to these docks. Island access is still possible along the shorelines when weather permits. The York Island vault toilet is buried by sand and debris and will remain closed until it can be excavated. Beaches on York remain open for day use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Marves Fairley, 34, of Jefferson Davis County, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Fairley was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo, Secretary Azar, and Acting Secretary Wolf...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Baltimore County Granted More Than $1 Million and Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services Awarded More Than $11.1 Million; An Additional $5.4 Million Expected to be Awarded in Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Joshua Cowards, 29, of Jackson, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to serve 180 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, after being convicted of robbing a Dollar General in Jackson and brandishing a firearm during the robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - The Justice Department announced that the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance have awarded more than $61 million in grant funding to support the Attorney General’s Operation Relentless Pursuit (ORP) initiative. Of that $61 million, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office will receive $1.4 million. In addition, the Detroit Police Department will receive $2.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady today announced that the Borough of Indiana, Pennsylvania, received $45,845 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Mexican citizen was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for entering the United States after removal, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Ochopee, FL - Fire behavior increased slightly today with rising temperatures, decreasing relative humidity, strong winds, and little chance of precipitation. Regardless, fire crews were able to stay ahead of the slow fire spread. Successful burnouts from previous days helped bring a containment of 10% to the fire. Total acreage, with more accurate mapping, is now approximately 25,834.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A former Deputy Sheriff from Cattlesburg, Kentucky, Patrick Allen Adkins, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, before U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning, admitting that he violated the rights of a woman to be free from unwanted sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri - A federal grand jury in Cape Girardeau, Missouri indicted Nicholas J. Proffitt, 42, for his conduct in connection with the April 24, 2020 fire at the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center. The indictment charges Proffitt with damaging religious property because of the property’s religious character, using fire to commit a federal felony, and damaging a building used in interstate commerce through the use of fire.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Spokane, Washington - As part of National Police Week, William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced the release of three video public service announcements (“PSA") honoring the service of our law enforcement officers across the country. And, we particularly...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that a former contractor was sentenced for an embezzlement scheme involving tribal funds, which he pleaded guilty to on Sept. 23, 2019. Dustin Martin Kirk, age 48, of Sisseton, South Dakota, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, and ordered...
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement regarding the Speaker’s announcement of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: FREDERICKSBURG, VA - Recent press coverage stating that the annual Illumination of the Fredericksburg National Cemetery will take place this year is not correct. The annual event has been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.
