News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On May 7, 2020, the twelfth defendant was sentenced in the federal prosecution of fourteen defendants charged with drug trafficking, firearms offenses, money laundering, and lying to a federal grand jury stemming from the investigation of a multi-state, armed drug trafficking and money laundering ring announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: NDAL Chosen for National Safety Partnership Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted two roommates for allegedly trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing handguns in their apartment in downtown Oak Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Tyler Dellinger, age 29, of Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced to a total of 156 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on one count of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: Michael A. Christman Named Special Agent in Charge of the Pittsburgh Field Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter asking President Donald Trump to fulfill his commitment to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cover the full costs of New York’s emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2020
Release: HELENA, Mont. - Due to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) following the global spread of COVID-19, a manager with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Helena Regional Airport (HLN) decided to take action and mobilized a local robotics team to begin making N-95 style face masks and face shields for use by Montana residents who need them.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger and the Eastern District of Virginia will recognize the service and sacrifice of federal, state, and local law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant will recognize 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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin 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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady will recognize the service and sacrifice of federal, state and local law enforcement. The week is being observed Sunday, May 10 through Saturday, May 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, NC - On Monday, May 11, 2020, a judge in federal district court sentenced a High Point resident, JABRELL CRAIG SMITH, to a 138-month prison term, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on mental health.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: Thanks those serving on front lines during pandemic and remembers four state law enforcement officers killed in line of duty in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U. S. Attorney John C. Milhiser recognized the service and sacrifice of local, state and federal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, which is being observed this week, May 10-16, 2020. In the Central District of Illinois, more than 300 municipal police departments, 46 county sheriff’s offices, Illinois State Police, and federal agents serve and protect more than 2.2 million citizens every day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Jackson, Ky., woman, Theresa C. Merced, 81, was sentenced to five months imprisonment to be followed by five months of home detention, and was ordered to pay a $55,000 fine, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, following her convictions for soliciting kickbacks from a toxicology...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: Individual is also suspected on posting threatening communications over the Internet.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a new letter, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is asking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to respond to press reports that the EPA is planning to reverse its recent decision to prohibit the sale of older and dirtier wood stove models, which would lead to more harmful air pollution in the midst of a deadly respiratory pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - An Ashland man, Danny P. Chaffin Jr., 38, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison on Monday, before U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning, after previously pleading guilty to bank robbery.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on mental health.
