News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking/money laundering organization that operated throughout northern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Kennesaw, GA - This weekend, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park will co-host the National Park Service Memorial Day Weekend Virtual Campout, a three-day social media event offering a trove of unique park adventures visitors can enjoy from the comfort of their own living rooms and backyards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: MUGE MA, a/k/a “Hummer Mars," Lied that His Phony Companies Had Hundreds of Employees and Paid Millions in Wages to Receive COVID-19 Loan Funds; MA’s Company Also Fraudulently Held Itself Out as Representing New York State in Procuring COVID-19 Supplies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Brent O’Neal McCray (36, Coleman) with five counts of distributing methamphetamine. If convicted on all counts, McCray faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today the final sentences have been imposed in the prosecution of a 24-member drug trafficking operation. Darrell Lee-Lamont Summers II, Daryl Kevin Cannon, Timothy Roy Mason, and Tremain Lamar Braxton were sentenced this week following their...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service announced today it has approved a contract transfer from Sally Mae’s LLC to FIND Outdoors for management of the Northwest Trading Post on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 259. The Northwest Trading Post, approximately 45 minutes north of Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina and 30 minutes south of Doughton Park, has provided retail merchandise and food and beverage services to Parkway visitors since 1958.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today releaseda report that summarizes 2018 e-commerce statistics on shipments, sales and revenues from key sectors of the economy: manufacturing, wholesale, services and retail. These statistics are available for the nation dating back to 1998.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging David Stephen Shaw (36, Ocala) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Shaw faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Shaw that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and 129 rounds of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Ten residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been charged in three separate, but related, Indictments with violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, following a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A North Carolina man who took part in a conspiracy to steal design information from aircraft companies faces additional prison time after his indictment for lying to the court while being sentenced and for lying to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Stephen Mark Cox, age 57, of Beverly Hills, California, was sentenced on May 14, 2020 to 120 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: OCALA, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Brent O’Neal McCray (36, Coleman) with five counts of distributing methamphetamine. If convicted on all counts, McCray faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Four people have admitted to drug distribution in the Wheeling area, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with securing the fraudulent admission of their two children to the University of Southern California as purported athletic recruits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A Pensacola man has been sentenced to a mandatory minimum.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Louisiana man was sentenced today in connection with an international business email compromise scheme that defrauded companies of almost $900,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Thomas Daniel Johnson, age 34, of Toledo with sexual exploitation of a minor and receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Hamilton County received $57,554 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state, tribal and local public health authorities, Redwood National and State Parks, in conjunction with a California Department of Parks and Recreation order issued on Thursday, May 21st, is increasing recreational access and some limited services.
