News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Arrested Following High-Speed Pursuit Through Several Cities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney John F. Bash is asking that anyone who has witnessed or is a victim of sexual harassment at the hands of an owner, property manager, maintenance worker or any other individual who has control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas will work closely with state and local partners to identify incidents of sexual harassment in housing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Charles E. Taylor has been sentenced to federal prison for hacking his former Atlanta-based employer and sabotaging their internal communications network, causing more than $800,000 in damage.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' response to COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Utah woman who had nearly two pounds of methamphetamine hidden on her body when arrested near Butte was sentenced today to four years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Curecanti National Recreation Area is continuing to increase recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide 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 28, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office are conducting a robust criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. The Department of Justice has made the investigation a top priority and has assigned experienced prosecutors and FBI criminal investigators to the matter.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a registered nurse formerly employed with the VA Medical Center in Pineville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of fraudulently obtaining Hydromorphone. Hydromorphone, a Schedule II controlled substance, is a powerful opioid designed to relieve pain, but can also be abused and sold on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia man has been charged with attempting to sell 50 million non-existent facemasks to a foreign government.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva joined United States Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.), in sending a letter with 39 Members of Congress to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ahead of the upcoming hurricane...
By State Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), today sent a letter to the United Nations ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JUAN SANTOS PEREZ-ZAVALA, age 25, a native of Mexico, was sentenced by on May 26, 2020 on a one-count indictment which charged him with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(5)(A). ZAVALA was sentenced to credit for time served by U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter. ZAVALA has been incarcerated since April 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Former Rapides Parish Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Three Civil Rights Offenses for Assaulting Inmates.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management is proposing updates to antiquated regulations governing administration of timber sales and protest of forest management decisions, which haven’t been revised in more than 35 years. This proposal more effectively executes the bureau’s modern watershed and landscape-level land management planning and evaluation process, which will enable BLM to make better decisions more quickly for the benefit of taxpayers and local communities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dennis Morgan, 59, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $11,127.00.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - An ongoing, large scale drug trafficking investigation dubbed “Operation Wu Block" has yielded criminal charges for 68 individuals and the seizure of kilos of methamphetamine and heroin, with more indictments expected in the coming months, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: DULUTH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Construction Management & Engineering Services Inc. for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a Duluth, Georgia, worksite. The Norcross, Georgia-based construction contractor faces $134,937 in penalties.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2020
Release: SEATTLE - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport have discovered two loaded firearms during the routine screening of carry-on luggage this week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, Bobby Wayne Williams, a 45-year-old resident of Clio, Alabama, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an explosive device, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his prison sentence, he will serve three years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: A Shared Vision for Science and Technology in Responding to the Pandemic, Protecting Human Health, and Promoting Social and Economic Recovery.
