News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - Reoffending in the federal system has cost one East St. Louis resident.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: [Mosca, CO] - Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve will increase recreational access through a phased approach following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities. A phased approach will allow the park to adhere...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Terrell Montez Benjamin, a/k/a “Mean Man," 30, of Charleston, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Today, the House will vote on H. Res. 965, a radical proxy voting scheme that would diminish the rights on the minority party and upend 200 years of Congressional precedent through partisan fiat.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA - A Missoula man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine in the community for several years was sentenced today to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Three members of a Burlington County drug-trafficking organization have admitted their roles in a conspiracy to distribute a variety of illegal substances, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Pakistani Doctor with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A New Bern man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison and 3 years supervised release for two armed robberies of New Bern convenience stores.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister today announced the formation of the Kansas Covid Fraud Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: By United States Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is proposing a retroactive tax increase on struggling American businesses in her recently released “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act." If enacted into law, it will speed up job losses by denying businesses the liquidity they need to continue paying workers and keep the lights on.
By State Newswire | May 15, 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 absence of international aid in the Democrats’ HEROES act.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will begin holding monthly wild horse and burro events again in Pauls Valley, Okla., on June 9, at the Pauls Valley Off-Range Corral. This one-day event, featuring 90 wild horses and burros, will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9. Adoptions will begin at 10 a.m. All animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - A Horn Lake man has been sentenced to serve 21 years in federal prison following his convictions for multiple gun and drug crimes. A jury convicted Dan V. Sharp, 39, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee and Horn Lake, Mississippi, of 15 counts of federal gun and drug charges following a four-day ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Georgia Woman Arrested for Role in Scheme to Defraud Health Care Benefit Programs Related to Cancer Genetic Testing and COVID-19 Testing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - United States Attorney Mike Hurst of the Southern District of Mississippi, joined by a representative from the Mississippi Sheriffs Association, the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police, the Mississippi Prosecutors Association, and Federal Law Enforcement agencies, presented the 2020 Mississippi Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony this morning at the Mississippi Fallen Officers Memorial Wall in downtown Jackson.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2020
Release: MINNEAPOLIS - When employees with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) saw an opportunity to help local airport employees who were feeling the economic impact of reductions in air travel, they had no doubt what they needed to do.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Colombian national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to cocaine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Heroin, a Quantity of Cocaine, and 28 Grams of More of Cocaine Base (Crack); and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Heroin, a Quantity of Cocaine, and a Quantity of Cocaine Base (Crack), and Aiding and Abetting.
