News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Scottish man who was previously employed by Global Premier Soccer LLC (GPS), a youth soccer organization, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to obstructing justice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Toledo, Ohio returned a four-count indictment today charging Sherry-Ann Jenkins, age 55, and Dr. Oliver H. Jenkins, age 57, both formerly of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, on one count each of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and health care fraud in connection with their development and operation of the Toledo Clinic Cognitive Center from approximately 2013 through 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Grand Canyon 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 Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Lovell Wy: - Bighorn Canyon is announcing the suspension of the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program for the summer season of 2020. This decision was a hard one for the leadership team, as this is an important program that provides both work and life experiences for high school students. However, the health and safety of visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners at Bighorn Canyon are the highest priorities for the park at this time.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Trinity River Restoration Program, along with co-lead agency Bureau of Land Management, cooperating agency U.S. Forest Service, and state lead agency North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, seek public input on a draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the proposed Chapman Ranch Phase B channel rehabilitation project.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was scheduled and prepared to testify at the House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee hearing this morning. But only yesterday, the committee postponed the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Deon McElrathbey, a federal inmate, was sentenced to serve an additional 54 months in prison for aiding and abetting an assault with a dangerous weapon on a fellow inmate. McElrathbey was one of three inmates from the Federal Correctional Institute in Florence, Colorado who assaulted a fellow inmate. The FBI joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, Charles Bennett Salter III, a 38-year-old resident of Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Jordan H. Williamson, 31, of Springfield, Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA. - Travis Ryan Skaggs, a Pennington Gap, Va. man who participated in a conspiracy with 20 others to distribute methamphetamine in Wise and Lee counties in Southwest Virginia, was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 180 months in federal prison on federal drug charges, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service, in response to ongoing health guidance is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five California counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Del Norte, Humboldt, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Jason Gusoff, 44, of Richboro, Pennsylvania entered a plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit arson. United States District Judge C. Darnell Jones II presided over the guilty plea hearing in Philadelphia via video teleconference.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Somerset, Kentucky, man, Tommy Vaughn, 42, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to 128 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for conspiring to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gerald Maxwell Harrison, 53, and Elizabeth Robin Williams, 55, both of Mint Hill, N.C., have pleaded guilty to federal charges for conspiring with each other and other individuals to steal more than $400,000 from an elderly victim who suffered from dementia, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $5.89 million civil penalty against Humes McCoy Aviation of Atlanta, Ga., for conducting hundreds of allegedly illegal charter flights.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Timothy James Hallows, age 62, of Kaysville, pleaded not guilty to possession of child pornography during an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Marvin Lamier Butler, a 29-year old York man.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: * On the afternoon of May 20, 2020, a female visitor was knocked to the ground and injured by a bison in the Old Faithful Upper Geyser Basin after approaching the animal too closely (inside 25 yards).
