News from January 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations in a statement Wednesday underscored the importance of an amicus brief filed Tuesday night by the U.S. House of Representatives in Casa de Maryland v. Trump, a challenge to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Robert Barkman, of Reno, Nevada, was sentenced today to 60 days of intermittent confinement by the Bureau of Prisons during a one-year term of probation for illegally trafficking parts from endangered African lions and leopards, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that defendant LARRY GREEN (“GREEN"), age 37, of Hammond, LA, pled guilty on Jan. 21, 2020 to (Count 1) possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A convicted felon from Boston who is prohibited by law from possessing ammunition because of previous felony convictions was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for being in possession of ammunition he purchased from a Woonsocket federally licensed firearms dealer, in a Project Guardian case brought by the United States Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: In partnership with the National Park Service, the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association will work with Tribes to develop cultural heritage content and itineraries for the websites LewisAndClark.travel and NativeAmerica.travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - George Gilmore, a partner at an Ocean County law firm, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for his conviction on two counts of failing to pay over payroll taxes withheld from employees to the IRS and one count of making false statements on a bank loan application submitted to Ocean First Bank N.A., First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a ceremony today at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., DEA Chief of Operations D. Christopher Evans was appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. On Oct. 28, 2019, President...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A grand jury this week charged a U.S citizen residing in Tijuana, Mexico, with multiple firearm-, drug- and explosives-related charges for allegedly trading heroin and fentanyl for machineguns, grenade launchers, and purported grenades.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the establishment of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. On Oct. 28, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order No. 13896, authorizing and designating the Attorney General to create such a Commission that would explore modern issues affecting law enforcement that most impact the ability of American policing to reduce crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on Jan. 21, 2020, Omar A. Martinez, age 46, was sentenced to 300 months in prison by Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Conspiracy to Distribute at least 500 Grams or More of a Controlled Substance. Martinz will serve ten years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office has analyzed the purchase of 1,820 acres of land west of Cody. The acquisition will improve public access for recreation opportunities and protect critical wildlife migration corridors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that twelve defendants, primarily residents of Haskell and Pittsburg Counties, have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Shirley woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing Social Security benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Delaware - On Wednesday, Jan. 22, for the fourth time since 2016, U.S. Attorney for District of Delaware and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Wilmington announced that they have recovered a more than 500-year-old copy of Christopher Columbus’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dustin A. Parsons, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was indicted today on a sex offender registry violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA 2020-01. Jan. 17, 2020TO: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsOn November 6, 2019, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed pale cyst nematode (Globodera pallida: PCN) in two potato production fields (a total of 169 acres) located ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Harwich man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for firearms and drug offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: When it comes to restoring rangeland habitats, there is no replacement for "prescribed fire," according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ecologists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CARLOS DELGADO, also known as “Los," 50, of Mansfield, has been convicted of drug trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
