News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced a bill to protect recovery payments provided in the recent CARES Act pandemic response legislation from garnishment by private debt collectors.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On May 21, 2020, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a briefing with essential and frontline workers and their families. Frontline workers discussed the dangers they face serving their communities and the need for government action to protect them.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an eight-count indictment charging Mawdo Malick Sallah (33, Clearwater, FL) and Kirk Douglas Johnson (34, Anderson, SC) with one count of conspiring to commit arson, three counts of arson, two counts of using a fire or explosive...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that an Information has been filed against Raquel Rivera for attempting to smuggle marijuana into St. Thomas. Rivera is scheduled to be arraigned on June 3, 2020 in St. Thomas.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa, and Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett formally requested information from...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of New Salem, PA, has pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Carlton Craig Sandoval, 38, of Window Rock, A.Z., appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on May 20 for an arraignment on an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that William Wade, 21, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 22, 2020, to 120 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon release from prison, Wade will serve five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Last week, two federal grand juries in the District of Puerto Rico returned 14 indictments charging 21 defendants during the first week that the United States District Court in Puerto Rico reconvened grand jury proceedings after implementation of health and safety precautions...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev - With the lifting of public health and safety restrictions enacted by Nevada government officials, the BLM Humboldt River Field Office (HRFO), announced that Winnemucca Sand Dunes (WSD) will reopen to the public for recreational access.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the Commerce Department for adding more than 30 Chinese Communist Party controlled entities to the Export Control blacklist.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Dear Admiral Schultz: I write to request information about the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) readiness amid the COVID-19 outbreak. USCG missions require members to serve on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response on shore and at sea- facilitating the safe flow of commerce into our ports, conducting law...
By State Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role as a member of a drug trafficking conspiracy and his possession of multiple semiautomatic firearms in furtherance of his unlawful drug-trafficking activities, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of New Salem, PA, has pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man has been indicted for possessing child pornography during a virtual session of the U.S. District Court grand jury necessitated by precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Found with Loaded, Stolen Firearm that was Used in Two Shootings in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of New Salem, PA, has pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Esper...
