News from April 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
Release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has stopped 115 guns so far this year across the state of Florida. One passenger recently came to a Ft. Lauderdale checkpoint with three guns in his carry-on. During this stressful time in our nation, passengers are reminded to be sure they know what is in their bag and their pockets so they can move right through the checkpoint without stopping for a patdown or bag search to remove a prohibited item.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that WILLIAM ROSARIO LOPEZ, 34, of New Haven, and SOLIMAR RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, 19, of New Britain, have been charged with federal offenses related to their participation in the armed robberies of five Connecticut gas stations last month.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Following Free File Alliance’s partnership with the IRS in developing a simplified tax form for non-filers to use to receive their economic impact payments, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded their rapid response to his request for their help last week...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Because the health and safety of the public and our employees remains our number one priority, the Bureau of Reclamation is temporarily restricting overnight camping and group use areas at Reclamation-managed recreation areas east of the continental divide in Montana. Boat launching...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Rogelio Flores Guzman, a Mexican national with legal residency in the U.S., was charged today with trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana via a subterranean tunnel stretching from Mexico to a warehouse in Otay Mesa.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding its initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned its potential reliance on manipulated Chinese health data, thereby hindering the world’s ability to effectively prepare...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Holly Lundahl, age 63, was arrested on April 6, 2020 in Rapid City, South Dakota following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Wyoming for three counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The charges involve...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Two Richmond men pleaded guilty today to their respective charges in separate cases in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: A Detroit man was charged yesterday with carjacking, using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By State Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Matthew Barlow, age 38, of Akron was arrested this week on a federal complaint charging him with possession/access with intent to view child pornography and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS") has agreed to pay the United States $3,984,254 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department of Justice announced today. Until 2008, SNAP was known as the Food Stamp Program.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions begin April 11 for all Bureau of Land Management administered lands in Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin counties. The restrictions align with local orders and guidelines to protect public health and safety while resources are focused on responding to the pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is announcing additional modifications to operations in response to guidance from St. Louis County and the closure of county parks and Grant’s Trail. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners is our number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Feb. 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default against Christopher Matthew Klaiber (Klaiber) of Willow Wood, Ohio, for violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. The Decision and Order became final and effective as of March 23, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: ROANKOE, Va. - The Virginia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force, led by U.S. Attorneys Thomas T. Cullen and G. Zachary Terwilliger, sent letters to the CEOs of all major hospital systems across the Commonwealth alerting them of potentially fraudulent and illegal activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register today to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for sediment management at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is partnering with the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct research on endangered pallid sturgeon in the upper Missouri and lower Marias rivers. The research effort will include modified flow releases out of Tiber Dam, located 18 miles southwest of Chester, Montana. Flow modification may potentially benefit pallid sturgeon and this research and investigation will further explore that potential.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Katmai National Park and Preserve, in response to health guidance from the State of Alaska and the Bristol Bay Borough, is announcing modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
