News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nathaniel Nathan Nash, Jr., age 18, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Theft Of A Firearm From A Federal Firearms Licensee’s...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will waive amenity-related fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 17. Other fees, such as camping and group day use, will remain in effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of false statement to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Anthony Rocco Major, 47, of Willow Grove, PA was sentenced to 325 months’ imprisonment and 20 years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Joel Slomsky for multiple child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Mexican National illegally in the U.S., Roberto Bernal Salas, also known as Enrique Navarrette Salas, 43, was sentenced on Tuesday to 66 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for cocaine distribution and illegal firearm possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are introducing a new app created to provide ease and flexibility for ranchers participating in the ISDA/BLM Cooperative Photo Monitoring Program. Survey123 is a platform created by Esri, a data analysis software, and is available to download for free on any mobile device.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging RALPH BERRY and FRANK LOPEZ with the murder of Caprice Jones in the vicinity of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Threatening Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that HAKEEM BASIR, 56, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta, of the Republic of Guatemala, joined United States Attorney Joseph D. Brown, Director of the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Adam Cohen, and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, helped convene a hearing on establishing effective cybersecurity practices for state and local governments in Michigan and across the country. Chris DeRusha, the State of Michigan Chief Security Officer, testified during the hearing and discussed Michigan’s cybersecurity leadership.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted to pass landmark legislation to grant statehood to the people of the District of Columbia, paving the way for a historic vote on the House floor later this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Clint Registe, 38, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 10 years in federal prison, after previously pleading guilty to illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The federal charge stems from an investigation into the death of Brittney Sparks, who was killed by a gunshot wound on July 20, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment of a Special Use Permit for an existing subsistence cabin located within the Unalakleet Wild and Scenic River corridor.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today announced a proposal to offer 135 parcels totaling about 169,751 acres for oil and gas leasing in June 2020. Today kicks off a 30-day public comment period on the proposed lease sale, which will close March 12, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Cooperation Between ICE And Local Law Enforcement Agencies Is Working In Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julian Brown, 47, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
