News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park would have a tough time fulfilling its mission if it wasn’t for the efforts from its corps of dedicated volunteers.
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: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge Guido Modano...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Steven Ray Williams, 58, of Hope, Kentucky, admitted to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft involving fraudulent representations to a financial institution on Wednesday, before U.S. District Court Judge Karen K. Caldwell.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANNIE DARLING, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that on Jan. 22, 2020, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Dustin James Gilleo, age 33, Wahpeton, ND, to serve 10 years in federal prison, followed by a 15 years of supervised release for the charge of Transportation of a Minor. Gilleo was further ordered to pay $100 in special assessments to the Crime Victims’ Fund and $900 in restitution to the North Dakota Crimes Victims’ Compensation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego was appointed to serve as a Commissioner on the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice announced, U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town. Attorney General William P. Barr announced the establishment of the Commission today. On...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Fowler, after physically pushing and choking his wife, used gun to threaten suicide if she left him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rene Roy, age 51, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Jan. 21, 2020, before United States District Court Judge John Jones.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DAVID AARON JACOBS, 43, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for intentionally conveying false and misleading information by making a hoax threat of a mass shooting announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced RICARDO ABDEL, of Doral, Florida, to 48 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and ordered them to pay $19,966.71 in restitution. ABDEL, a permanent...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: HEADQUARTERS, MS: Natchez Trace Parkway officials closed a 7-mile stretch of road from milepost 93.1 to milepost 100.7 on Oct. 31, 2019 to replace a culvert that reached is operational life span. Continuous rain throughout the southern district since October has delayed repairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Ocean County, New Jersey Attorney Sentenced to One Year and One Day in Prison for Failing to Pay Over Payroll Taxes and Making False Statements on Loan Application.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration approved a Medicaid waiver submitted by Texas that would allow the state to exclude providers like Planned Parenthood that provide a host of women’s health services...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that he has cosponsored bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to rein in excessive spending on unwarranted bonuses to contractors that fail to meet...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Coeur d’Alene Field Office is proposing enhancements at two recreations sites and will seek funding through the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) grants and funding program.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee-and the highest ranking woman in the Senate-released a video statement regarding the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which affirmed the constitutional right to a safe, legal abortion.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) recently brought together stakeholders from Central American law enforcement agencies, as well as ERO attaches and representatives from ICE headquarters, to host the first Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in San Salvador, El Salvador.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Otis Orchards, Washington Woman and Las Vegas, Nevada Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: FARGO, N.D. - A southeastern North Dakota man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 10 years in prison for transporting a South Carolina minor from Minneapolis to North Dakota to engage in sexual activity.
