News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Quality Inn Mystic-Groton in Stonington to resolve allegations that the hotel was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Basin and Range National Monument seeks public review and comment on a preliminary environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the impacts of proposed visitor improvements at the Mt. Irish Archaeological Site in Pahranagat Valley, about eight miles west of Hiko, Nev. The 15-day public review and comment period concludes Tuesday, June 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced MARIO SOLOMON (“SOLOMON"), age 48, of New Orleans, entered a plea of guilty on May 28, 2020 to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jefery Steadman-Loyd, 25, of Rochester, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with Hobbs Act robbery and possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of, and carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence. The Hobbs Act charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and the firearms charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A former Providence attorney who fraudulently collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars in pension funds in the name of a former client for nearly twelve years following the man’s death was sentenced today to12 months and a day in federal prison to be followed by 6 months home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in a Colorado federal court supporting the First Amendment religious freedom claims of High Plains Harvest Church and its pastor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cortez Jackson, 39, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. Jackson pleaded guilty to this charge on November 8, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: FBI Washington Field Office Remembers the 25th Anniversary of Fallen Agent William H. Christian, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Skyler Sven Quiver, age 25, of Ethete, Wyoming appeared before Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 28, 2020 after being indicted by a federal grand jury on May 21, 2020. Skyler Quiver was indicted on a single count of sexual abuse. He was advised of the charges against him and his arraignment and detention hearing is scheduled for June 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former staffer for a member of the United States House of Representatives today admitted using, without authorization, the seal of the House of Representatives in connection with falsified letters written on the member’s congressional letterhead, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department today sued a Gloucesster County construction company for allegedly defrauding the United States by falsely claiming credit for using disadvantaged business entities, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Support of Businesses Suffering from Arbitrary and Irrational Restrictions of Michigan Governor's COVID-19 Orders.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida,.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Secret Service, and the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General are asking the public to continue to be alert as state, local, and federal law enforcement combat significant amounts of child exploitation in Kentucky during the COVID pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Romanian man for aggravated identity theft and access device fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Alabama James G. Hernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of McKeesport, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Karina Renee Moore, 48, of Eagle, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Moore to serve three years of supervised release following her release from prison and to pay $611,860.86 in restitution. Moore pleaded guilty on January 7, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) during today’s hearing titled: “The Status of the U.S. Maritime Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Members and witnesses appeared by videoconference.
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - On Friday, a Mexican man was charged with conspiracy and importation of liquid meth.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: This press release has been updated from its original version. Mr. Domenech used tickets from Secretary Zinke, not Secretary Bernhardt, to hold his initial meeting with a senior EPA official.
