News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service will have five entrance fee-free days in 2020. On each of these significant days of celebration or commemoration, all national parks will waive entrance fees.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park will waive entrance fees on Monday, January 20 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Only entrance fees will be waived on that date at all sites managed by the National Park Service. Other fees, such as camping fees, are still required.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Shawn M. Wilcher, 37, of Tacoma, Washington, was indicted by a federal grand jury today with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c). The abuse occurred at Hickam Air Force Base, which is within federal jurisdiction in the District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Bernard Barnett, of Steubenville, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that they have seized the internet domain name weleakinfo.com. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia and Special Agent in Charge Timothy M. Dunham of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Four Texas men were arrested today on federal charges of transporting stolen money as well as conspiring to transport stolen money. The defendants, all of Dallas-Antonio Denard Few, 34; Christopher Landelle Burns, 31; James Darron Miller, Jr., 32; and Steven Jadon Williams, 39-were charged by a grand jury in an indictment handed down on January 7, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Note to editors: Public domain video and photos available on Flickr.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Ian Jeffries, asking for follow up after an article in The Atlantic. The article suggested AAR’s commitment to combatting climate change is a farce and that in reality, AAR’s members help finance campaigns to deny the realities of climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Donville Inniss, a former member of the Barbados Parliament and Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados, was convicted today by a jury in federal court in Brooklyn of money laundering conspiracy and two counts of money laundering relating to bribe...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS - The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has released 29 criminal aliens and immigration violators since November 2019, despite written detainer requests filed with them by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman and impeachment manager, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office announced that President Donald Trump violated the law when he withheld millions in military aid for Ukraine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Gulfport Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Preparing False Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Was in Federal Custody for Prior Conviction Involving Unlawfully Possessing Guns, a High Speed Chase, and an Armed Standoff with Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Paul Alexander, a/k/a David Paul Hayes and Shorty, age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, to 35 year in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on five federal charges including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Alice Hart, an eight-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS) and 14-year veteran of federal service, has been selected as the new superintendent of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. Hart most recently served for five years as the Director of the General George Patton Museum, a U.S...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Director Christopher Wray Returns from Overseas Visit to Paris and The Hague.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia man today admitted his role in initiating a cyberattack known as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against a company that maintained servers in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Law Enforcement Seized More than $4 Million in Cash and 10 Kilograms of Fentanyl from the Defendant-Enough to Kill 5 Million People.
