News from November 2019
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release 20-03.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore, the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc., are partnering to create a volunteer opportunity, known as the ‘Pony Patrol’, to raise community awareness, protect wild horses, and help increase visitor compliance with regards to wild horse rules and guidelines at Shackleford Banks and Rachel Carson Reserve.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: Paradise, WA - Mount Rainier National Park rangers and Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) teams completed rescue operations above Paradise for an individual who fell during a hike near Glacier Vista on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 28, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John Brown, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Counterintelligence Division, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 25, 2019, the final defendant in United States v. Felix-Ramirez, et al, an eighteen-defendant indictment combatting the activities of a transnational drug trafficking organization, was sentenced to prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson. All defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. U.S. Attorney Trent Shores, Chair of the Native American Issues Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, has been appointed to the task force.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward in Northeast Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 25, 2019, the final defendant in United States v. Felix-Ramirez, et al, an eighteen-defendant indictment combatting the activities of a transnational drug trafficking organization, was sentenced to prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson. All defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John Brown, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Counterintelligence Division, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: Cheyenne, WY - On Friday, November 8, 2019, United States Marshals Service Director Donald Washington administered the oath of office to six newly appointed United States Marshals at the U.S. Marshals Service Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Randall Huff from Cheyenne, Wyoming was one of the six Marshals who was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate. Marshal Huff took office in Cheyenne earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: BALTIMORE - Last week, three defendants facing fentanyl distribution charges appeared in federal court-a Baltimore man pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and two defendants had their initial appearances on federal indictments charging them for allegedly distributing fentanyl. One of the defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Abingdon indicted a Charlotte, North Carolina-based doctor and his wife earlier this week on charges that they conspired to illegally distribute prescription opioids to patients in the Western District of Virginia and then made a false statement about their conduct, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Nov. 27, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested unlawfully present Guatemalan national for sexual abuse against children after he was released from police custody. This was the second time Philadelphia Police Department released this sexual predator onto the streets, despite an ICE detainer lodged against him in both cases.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2019
News Release: The management of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park additions that are south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By State Newswire | Nov 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on President Trump signing legislation supporting democracy in Hong Kong into law.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority will enter into contract negotiations for the transfer of operation, maintenance, and replacement activities related to the San Luis and Delta Mendota canals, C.W. Jones Pumping Plant, O’Neill Pumping/Generating Plant, Delta-Mendota Canal California Aqueduct Intertie Pumping Plant, the San Luis Drain, and associated facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Batavia man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 300 months in prison for using a gun to rob the Cheviot Savings Bank and robbing Cincinnatus Savings and Loan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Defendant is a member of the 211 Crew Colorado Prison Gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the publication of its updated Policy on the Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. In light of advancements in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology, and lessons learned from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s limited use of UAS, the Policy enables the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it completed a nearly two-year long investigation into the standard-setting activities of the GSM Association (GSMA), a trade association for mobile network operators. The Antitrust Division’s investigation revealed that, in recent years, ...
