News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Former Macomb Township Trustee and Macomb County official Dino Bucci, 60, of Macomb Township pleaded guilty today to extortion and theft conspiracies, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Verquan Jackson, 32, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute MDMA, a/k/a Ecstasy, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and maintaining a premises for drug use and distribution. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Chairwoman Judy Chu (D-CA), and Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Lawrenceburg, Kentucky man, William Richard Smith, was sentenced in federal court Thursday, to 360 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after previously being convicted at trial of receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has returned indictments against three convicted felons for allegedly illegally possessing loaded handguns in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is transitioning online recreation permits for the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, (PCVCW) to Recreation.gov. The move follows guidance outlined in Secretary’s Order 3356, which directs agencies to provide improved customer service and recreation access.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Two Albemarle residents and a Mount Gilead resident were all sentenced within the past two weeks by United States District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr. following investigations conducted by law enforcement in Albemarle, North Carolina, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man plead guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Fla. -Four residents of Alachua, Florida, were arrested on federal criminal charges alleging an armed drug-trafficking conspiracy. The defendants arrested are...
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the nation faces the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is dedicated to keeping the American workforce safe and healthy. Today, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt testified before the House Education and Labor Committee's Workforce Protections Subcommittee about the agency's role during the crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Cody Richardson, 30, a former Correctional Officer with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO), Detention Center 1, in Alexandria, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in court today to three counts of using excessive force against pretrial detainees housed at the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced a Jackson County man was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer. James Evans, 19, of Ravenswood, also will serve three years on supervised release and pay $6,341.44 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - John William Hooser III, a Middlebrook, Va., man who conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to 60 months in federal prison. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jesse Fong made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn -May 28, 2020 - A Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Lafayette, Tennessee and its proprietor have agreed to adopt written non-discrimination policies and to pay a monetary amount to a disabled woman to resolve allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), announced Don Cochran, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the federal government's actions to protect workers from COVID-19...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Editor’s note: This news release has been corrected to address a typographical error in the email address used to provide input. The correct email address is blm_nv_eydo_robinson_eis@blm.gov. Due to weekend upgrades to the website, the BLM suggests using a supported browser, e.g. Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge, to access ePlanning.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former inmate of Allenwood United States Penitentiary in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 8 months in jail on his conviction of infliction of bodily injury, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Amid recent reports that the Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) practice of using debit cards to deliver economic impact payments (EIP) has been confusing Americans, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), along with all of the Democratic members of the...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: [Middlesboro, KY] - The Pinnacle Road, restrooms, and most picnic shelters at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park will open on Friday, May 29 as phased accessibility continues following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health...
