News from February 2020

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Pecos, NM: Beginning February 6th, Pecos National Historical Park will offer spring fishing permits for the Pecos River within the park boundaries. The 2020 spring fishing season will begin March 5th and ends April 13th.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mathew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Feb. 3, 2020, Todd J. Naze (age: 54) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was charged by criminal complaint with six counts of production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2251. If convicted of any charge, Naze faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, $250,000 fine, and five years to life of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man was convicted yesterday, by a federal jury in Covington, for participating in an extensive conspiracy to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin and fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement condemning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s decision to suspend enrollment in Global Entry and several other Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) for all New York state residents, and delay the exporting of used vehicles titled and registered in New York State...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jennifer Brunos, age 38, of Fayetteville, Arkansas was sentenced to 136 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Jon Michael Mauldwin, 28, was sentenced today to 241 months in prison and five years of supervised release for a federal carjacking and related firearms charge stemming from the kidnapping of a Port Barre man, announced David C. Joseph, United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Mary Ann Gibson, 63, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 22 months in prison for her role in embezzling from her former employer. Gibson appeared this morning in front of United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three southwestern Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former Woonsocket man arrested by members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force during an investigation into the trafficking of drugs on the streets of Woonsocket was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Today, the House will vote on a radical, backwards-looking bill that will diminish the rights of workers and employers alike while harming the economy and providing a political gift to union bosses. The so-called Protecting the Right to Organize Act is opposed by thousands of small business owners, trade associations, and free market organizations around the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distributing material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will burn woody debris piles created during a multi-year hazardous fuels reduction project on military training lands southwest of Delta Junction. Burning operations will start as early as Saturday, Feb. 8 and may continue, as conditions allow, until March 29.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - Ninety-one volunteers spent the morning of Jan. 11, 2020, searching for bald and golden eagles across the Powder River Basin. Their efforts were part of the nationwide Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey, coordinated locally by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office. Volunteers...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Today, House Democrats passed the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a radical, far-reaching bill that will allow union bosses to consolidate power, coerce workers, line their own pockets, and bolster their own political agenda.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Mary Ann Gibson, 63, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 22 months in prison for her role in embezzling from her former employer. Gibson appeared this morning in front of United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Jan. 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Willis Bryant Gregory (Gregory) of New Albany, Miss., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Sugarlands Visitor Center, Oconaluftee Visitor Center, and Elkmont Campground will be closed for the remainder of today, February 6, 2020, due to inclement weather throughout the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with travelling to have sex with a minor and child pornography offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Marshall D. Miller, age 44, of unknown address, pled guilty on February 6, 2020 for the charge of Simple Possession of a Controlled Substance.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Vice Chairwoman of the Subcommittee, sent a letter asking the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the chemical release incident at the Detroit facility of the Marathon Petroleum Corporation on Sept. 12, 2019.