News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A U.S. Navy petty officer stationed at Submarine Base Kings Bay has been indicted on child pornography charges by a U.S. District Court grand jury meeting in virtual session due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Computer Security and Telemarketing Fraud Ring Targeted Senior Citizens.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Trump Administration sending mixed signals on the future of National Guard deployments to respond to COVID-19...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NEVILLE WALTERS, 32, of Bristol, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with gun and drug offenses.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Little Rock, Arkansas - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Little Rock Central High School NHS is increasing visitor access. 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 Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today released a Senate Democratic plan to expand health care coverage and affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Challenging the Legality of Illinois Governor's Sweeping COVID-19 Orders.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Nogales, Arizona, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of fentanyl through Kansas City, Missouri, en route to New York City aboard passenger busses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Late yesterday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Charles Timothy Browne, 57, of Statesville, N.C., to 43 months in prison and three years of supervised release, for cyberstalking a woman residing in Maryland, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Van Buren, Missouri - The National Park Service is seeking information to help locate a missing woman from Mountain View, Missouri. Brittany K. Gorman, age 29, was last seen at a residence west of Mountain View, about 3-4 PM on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. She was believed to be headed to Winona, Missouri. Gorman is 5'2" tall, has blonde hair, and green eyes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Richmond, Ky., man, Richard Duerson, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 200 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after previously being convicted of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Hollywood Film Producer Charged with $1.7 Million COVID-Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested on a federal complaint charging him with selling fentanyl-laced heroin on the city’s Southwest Side.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Cudahy man who previously was convicted in state court of child sex abuse offenses has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography, the Justice Department announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Blue Ridge Parkway is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide 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 Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement calling on the Department of Education and the Department of the Interior to release the education funding for the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that was included in H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and signed into law on March 27, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Closures due to this incident remain in place. Visitors should reference the Road and Facilities Closure Page for all current closures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The recently ousted head of Aviron Pictures was arrested this morning on federal fraud charges that allege he applied for $1.7 million in loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), falsely certified that the money would be used to finance the operations of other Aviron entities, and then used some of the relief funds for his personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The University of San Francisco (USF) has agreed to pay $2,561,727 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly presented false and fraudulent claims to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in order to secure federal grant funds under the AmeriCorps State and National Program. CNCS is an independent federal agency that administers the AmeriCorps national service program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.
