News published on Federal Newswire in December 2020

News from December 2020



News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Dec. 29, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Logan David Bode, age 32, of Keokuk, to 100 months in prison for Felon in Possession of Ammunition announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Following his prison term, Bode was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


DRL Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Bangladesh

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Bangladesh. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007518. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2020: Global Equality Fund Programs in East Asia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007516. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345.


Task Force Arrests Columbus Murder Suspect in Florida

News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce during the afternoon hours of Dec. 30, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive Tylan Sims on an outstanding warrant from Franklin County Municipal Court, Columbus, Ohio for the charge of murder.


News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park is near completion on several construction projects taking place at Green River Ferry. The Green River Ferry serves as a river crossing location, river access for canoes and kayaks, boat ramp for fishing boats, and parking area for trail and river users.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Matthew Stephens, 52, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 151 months in prison and ten years of supervised release by United States District Judge Harvey Bartle III for his role in a scheme to traffic pounds of methamphetamine, several dozen firearms, machine gun conversion devices, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition between 2017 and 2019.


News Release: LURAY, VA - Artists are encouraged to apply for the 2021 Artist-in-Residence program at Shenandoah National Park.


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) released the following statement after securing a number of western water provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which President Trump signed into law on Sunday evening.


Justice Department Secures Relief for U.S. Army National Guard Reservist on Employment Discrimination Claim Against Luxury Jeweler Harry Winston

News Release: Justice Department Secures Relief for U.S. Army National Guard Reservist on Employment Discrimination Claim Against Luxury Jeweler Harry Winston.


BLM reduces fire and shooting restrictions in the California Desert District

News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective Jan. 1, the Bureau of Land Management is reducing fire and shooting restrictions to Stage I throughout public lands in Southern California managed by the California Desert District.


Be Sure to Know Where Your Gun Is And That Must Not Be In Your Carry-on Bag

Release: Passengers: remember to unpack before you repack for a flight and know where your gun is. And where that is must not be in your carry-on bag!


Guatemalan Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported

News Release: A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced yesterday to four months in federal prison.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Arleny Reyes Nunez, 42, of Philadelphia, PA and the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $154,528 in restitution by United States...


BLM online corral adoption to include 46 wild horses from Saylor Creek Herd Management Area

News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a virtual wild horse adoption from Jan. 5-12, 2021, via the Wild Horse and Burro Online Corral. Of the featured wild horses available, 46 were gathered in August 2020 from the Saylor Creek Wild Horse Herd Management Area south of Glenns Ferry.


Manitowoc Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 15, 2020, Jonathon A. Erickson, also known as “Jonathon A. Jimenez" (age: 19), of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.


News Release: Ticketmaster Used Passwords Unlawfully Retained by a Former Employee of a Competitor to Access Computer Systems in Scheme to “Choke Off" the Victim’s Business.


Rock Island Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Dec. 30, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Darrell Kenneth Holloway, age 29, of Rock Island, Illinois, to 150 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Felon in Possession of a Firearm announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Following his prison term, Holloway was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


Carper Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Clean Air Act on Dec. 31, 2020.


Trump Administration advances western water storage projects

News Release: WASHINGTON - President Trump’s signature on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 is the culmination of four years of the Trump Administration’s commitment to improve the reliability of water delivery for the American West by investing in infrastructure. Over the past four years, the Bureau of Reclamation...