News from April 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: NOGALES, Ariz. - In April 2020, special agents in Nogales with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Trade Enforcement Coordination Center (TECC) made multiple significant seizures...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, 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) responded to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) findings into the deadly...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, Michigan - As the country adopts drastic measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, many Americans have lost their jobs and many more have seen their wages curtailed. These losses have forced many to seek abatements or suspensions of their rent, with reports that nearly one third of Americans were unable to pay their April rent at the beginning of the month.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Nicholas J. Proffitt, 42, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was charged by a federal complaint with maliciously damaging a building by means of a fire. Proffitt will appear in court on April 30, 2020, for his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Abbie Crites-Leoni.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that the following six men were arrested yesterday on federal narcotics distribution and money laundering charges related to the large-scale distribution of fentanyl in Connecticut...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has elevated its seasonal fire restrictions effective immediately for BLM-managed public lands managed by the California Desert District within Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, southern Inyo, eastern Mono, San Diego, and eastern Kern counties. These restrictions will remain in effect until Dec. 15, unless terminated sooner if conditions warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that the following six men were arrested yesterday on federal narcotics distribution and money laundering charges related to the large-scale distribution of fentanyl in Connecticut.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TORRIE JOHNSON was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 78 months in prison for trafficking 25 firearms from South Carolina into New York City. In May 2019, JOHNSON was arrested, charged, and detained. In January 2020, JOHNSON pled guilty to one count of firearms trafficking before United States District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, who also imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Nicholas J. Proffitt, 42, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was charged by a federal complaint with maliciously damaging a building by means of a fire. Proffitt will appear in court on April 30, 2020, for his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Abbie Crites-Leoni.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Zachary Gage Pebley, age 22, of MaComb, Oklahoma was sentenced to 147 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years’ supervised release for Bank Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following comments regarding recent correspondence with Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling announced that Vito Nuzzolilo, 46, was sentenced during a videoconference hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 134 months in prison and eight years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man was charged in U.S. District Court with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Federal, State, and Local Authorities successfully cooperated to take down violent drug trafficking organization.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 108,860 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 65,316 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 43,544 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TORRIE JOHNSON was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 78 months in prison for trafficking 25 firearms from South Carolina into New York City. In May 2019, JOHNSON was arrested, charged, and detained. In January 2020, JOHNSON pled guilty to one count of firearms trafficking before United States District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, who also imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - El Procurador General de los Estados Unidos William P. Barr ordenó a todas las Oficinas de los Fiscales Federales de los Estados Unidos a investigar toda querella de acoso sexual relacionada con vivienda como resultado de la actual pandemia COVID-19, anunció W. Stephen Muldrow, Fiscal Federal de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pressing for compliance in the Subcommittee’s investigation into the agency’s policies governing serological testing for coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - On a press call this morning, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with Yale University Professor of Public Health (Health Policy), Management and Economics Dr. Howard Forman and Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) today released the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly panned the idea of infrastructure investment for a future economic rescue package...
