News from May 2020
By State Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Luke Avery Platero, 29, appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Staten Island, N.Y. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway National Recreation Area will continue to provide limited recreational access and services for the Staten Island Unit for the Memorial...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Mesa Verde National Park is increasing recreational access and services. 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 DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kadesha Dashanae Houston, 25, of Meridian, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to making false statements to a federal officer during the course of a federal investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Flat Glass Distributors Inc. for exposing employees to unguarded machinery and electrical hazards at the Jacksonville, Florida, fabrication and distribution facility. The custom glass shaping and cutting distributor faces $121,446 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: CHARGED - Brandon Daeyon Glaspie & Darren Miles*.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A California man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine, aiding and abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Emmanuel Odiah, 33, a citizen of Nigeria, most recently of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 54 months in federal prison for money laundering in connection with a wire-fraud scheme. Odiah pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on Jan. 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging James Jamal Curry (31, St. Petersburg) with perpetrating a biological weapon hoax. If convicted, Curry faces up to 5 years in federal prison. Curry had been initially charged by criminal complaint on April 7, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Kevin Kupperbusch, Eastern Region Special Agent-in-Charge of the Office of the Inspector General...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Thursday’s virtual briefing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis once again illustrated House Democrats’ continued refusal to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for its role in the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has announced the opening of the North Eagle Lake Campground on Friday, May 22, in time for Memorial Day weekend and the Eagle Lake fishing season opening day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: City Officials Charged with Accepting Bribes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for a bank fraud conspiracy in which he and others used stolen mail to create dozens of counterfeit checks that they attempted to cash at area banks.
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 in Cleveland returned a three-count indictment charging Justin Michl, age 23, of Akron with intent to distribute Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), possession of firearms in furtherance of a federal drug trafficking offense and money laundering.
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) penned a letter to ByteDance Founder and CEO Mr. Yiming Zhang regarding data privacy concerns with TikTok.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), praised the Senate's confirmation of the Honorable David A. Wright, nominee to be a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); and Christopher T. Hanson, nominee to be a member of the NRC. Wright currently serves as a member of the NRC. The Senate confirmed the two nominations by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging James Jamal Curry (31, St. Petersburg) with perpetrating a biological weapon hoax. If convicted, Curry faces up to 5 years in federal prison. Curry had been initially charged by criminal complaint on April 7, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 23, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
