News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A man who escaped from a Springfield, Missouri, halfway house 17 months ago pleaded guilty in federal court today after being caught crossing the border from Mexico into San Diego, California.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Gregory Hanssen, 44, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Transportation of Child Pornography with a Prior Conviction. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Hanssen to 180 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Hanssen will be on supervised release for 20 years and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man was arrested today on charges related to his production and distribution of images of child sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Defendant used false identification to secure MassHealth benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Alisa Haynes, age 45, and Alexis Fortune, age 26, of Toledo, were sentenced today after pleading guilty to one count each of witness tampering days before the trial of former Toledo pastor and convicted felon, Anthony Haynes. Alisa Haynes was sentenced to 24 months in prison, and Alexis Fortune was sentenced to 48 months in prison. Alisa Haynes is the wife of Anthony Haynes, and Alexis Fortune is his step-daughter.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Louis Damato, 47, of Las Vegas, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly making threats to assault and murder a Nevada U.S. Representative, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Mexican National, who was residing in Jessamine County, Ky., Amancio Juarez Altunar, 39, was sentenced on Friday to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for unlawful re-entry into the United States, after a previous deportation for an aggravated felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Middlesboro, Kentucky man, Robert Billy Taylor, 54, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to three years of probation and a $75,000 fine, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for making and submitting false records regarding ginseng sales, in violation of the Lacey Act. Taylor was also prohibited from engaging in ginseng dealing as an agent or dealer in any state during the term of his probation.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has evaluated several commercially available contactless fingerprint scanning technologies, allowing users to compare their performance to conventional devices that require physical contact between a person’s fingers and the scanner.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: We are writing to request that the Department of Labor (the Department) clarify circumstances under which an individual may refuse to return to work and continue to claim Unemployment Insurance (UI) or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Given that returning to work during...
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statements criticizing the “report" ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Wisconsin Dentist Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Greenville, SC - The U.S. Marshals are offering a $5,000 reward and the Crime Stoppers of Greenville are offering an additional reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted by the Greenville Sheriff’s Office for first-degree murder.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: U.S. Chamber of Commerce . Caroline L. Harris. Published on May 16, 2020. Recently a story was published in Bloomberg (and repeated by Politico) about the use of net operating loss (NOL) tax relief in the recent CARES Act, criticizing these provisions as being a “stealth bailout for the oil and gas industry."...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: MEDORA, ND: On Monday, May 18th a visitor was injured by a bison in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. A 55-year-old female, from Watford City, North Dakota was hiking around a bend on the Buckhorn Trail between 3:30 and 4:00pm CST, when she encountered a bull bison in the trail.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: VERNAL, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office today announced the conveyance of 790 acres of public lands, known as Ashley Springs Property, in Uintah County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Louis Damato, 47, of Las Vegas, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly making threats to assault and murder a Nevada U.S. Representative, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that two former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe councilmembers were sentenced for their roles in an embezzlement scheme involving tribal funds. Chief U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange presided over the sentencing hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Akila Chappell-Hersh, of Las Vegas, for allegedly possessing a firearm after prior felony convictions following a domestic violence incident call to law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of a first-ever proposed rule to establish clear requirements for the Agency in issuing guidance documents.
