News from April 2020
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. President: The international community faces an unprecedented challenge in confronting the rapid global spread of COVID-19 -- a disease that already claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans. As the United States faces some of its darkest days in this struggle, we are gravely concerned...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger has accepted an invitation to join the Law Enforcement Advisory Council for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Promontory Utah - GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, in response to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Utah Department of Health, and Bear River Health District (Box Elder County), is announcing the cancelation of the Annual May 10th Celebration to support federal, state and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Riane Leigh Brownlee, 39, of Monroe, N.C., was sentenced to 37 months in prison for impersonating an FBI agent and illegally possessing a firearm. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell also ordered Brownlee to serve three years under court supervision upon completion of her prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Seattle-April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and as part of this week’s focus on National Crime Victims’ Rights, U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran highlighted the important work his office is doing to support and protect victims of sexual assault. Over the past year, the office has prosecuted cases of...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House today passed, on a 388-5 vote, an interim emergency coronavirus package, Congress’s fourth piece of legislation to respond to the pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: The Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park will remain closed for the upcoming visitor season in order to complete necessary electrical repairs and upgrades. The Wawona Hotel is generally open to visitors March through November of each year. It is anticipated that the planning and work on the project...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Laurel man who admitted to selling methamphetamine in the community was sentenced on Wednesday to six years and eight months in prison followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: In Separate Case, Defendant Suspected of Pointing a Firearm near a School Receives Prison Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Bryan Scott Gunn, 45, of Victorville, California, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for orchestrating a fraud scheme that netted more than $344,000 from unknowing victims while he was on federal supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Wind Cave National Park, S.D. - Planning is underway to burn 676 acres of land inside Wind Cave National Park. Most of the burn will be adjacent to the visitor center this spring with 669 acres near the Elk Mountain Campground this fall. The spring burn could occur as early as the week of April 27th.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park management and park staff have been awarded the 2019 Good Neighbor Environmental Achievement Award from the National Park Service (NPS). The award was given to the park for its environmental stewardship and commitment to partnerships at the local, state, national, and international...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Walter Earl, 75, of Anchorage, and owner of “The Antique Gallery," has been federally charged for illegally buying and selling walrus ivory, and failing to report any of his income to the IRS. The felony information charges Earl with three counts of Lacey Act violations and one count of tax evasion.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Dear President Trump: We write to urge you to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide 100 percent cost-share for all states, tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia for the emergency declaration issued on March 13, 2020, and under any subsequent major disaster declaration...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 23, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Wisconsin has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $539,788 grant to the County of Butte, California, to develop and implement a business resiliency strategy and a long-term regional economic recovery plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Carl Anthony, 66, of Niagara Falls, NY, with attempted production, production, and possession of child pornography. The defendant is also charged with contempt of court and conversion of government property. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of Matthew Lyons, 33, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, for sex trafficking of a child, attempted production of child pornography, attempted online enticement, distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ambulance transportation company that operates throughout Virginia has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to Medicare for ambulance transports, in violation of the False Claims Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Thank you, M. Speaker. We are here today in these trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that I am proud has strong bipartisan support.
