News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: FBI and NOPD Arrest Alleged Female Bank Robber Who Threatened to Have a Bomb.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled: “Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2020."
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that TSA PreCheck™ enrollment services will now be provided by Alclear, LLC; Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC; and Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC, expanding the opportunities that enable travelers to apply for TSA PreCheck.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) responded to the Trump Administration’s decision to move forward with a rule to enable Federal agencies to no longer consider the environmental effects of infrastructure projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Capt. Neill’s Seafood Inc. (Capt. Neill’s) of Columbia, North Carolina, and Phillip R. Carawan, the owner, President, and Chief Executive of Capt. Neill’s, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan, in New Bern, North Carolina. Capt. Neill’s was sentenced to a period of five...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville, Kentucky, man, who fired the shot that killed a 7-year old child on May 21, 2017, has now pleaded guilty to three federal firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) offered his support for H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act of 2019. This comprehensive legislation attempts to prevent or limit human and environmental exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two men were indicted Wednesday on federal charges arising from an armed bank robbery at a Topeka bank in December, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Was Previously Convicted of an Immigration Violation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) proposal to modernize implementation regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: A firearms trafficker who stole guns from a Lubbock pawn shop was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison following an investigation by the ATF Lubbock Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Antonio Sims, 39, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 46 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sims pled guilty to this offense on October 8, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
Release: NEW YORK - Individuals passing through New York Penn Station will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the United Airlines ticketing office from Jan. 13 to Feb. 21, where officials will host a temporary TSA Pre✓® enrollment center.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Maine game wardens received a call yesterday that a deer had fallen through the ice on Hodgdon Pond, outside Acadia National Park. Acadia National Park Service rangers assisted Maine game wardens and together they were able to pull the deer out of the water and onto shore. The deer appeared to be extremely cold and exhausted but alert.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Orange County Man Charged with Additional Federal Hate Crimes for Dec. 28, 2019, Machete Attack at Rabbi’s Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 28 years in prison for robbery affecting commerce, using, carrying, brandishing a firearm during the robbery, and three separate instances of armed drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: An illegal user of methamphetamine and marijuana who left a sawed-off shotgun in the car, but carried a handgun into a hotel was sentenced January 8, 2020, to almost five years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and the ocean data and technology company Ocean Infinity offsite link have announced a new agreement to develop deep-water autonomous technologies that can gather ultra-high-resolution ocean information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced KIMJUAN DWANE ELLIS, JR., 25, of Warrenton to 235 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. He was found to be an Armed Career Criminal thereby subjecting him to a minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Grand Jury Indicts Grafton Thomas for Attacking Victims Because of Their Jewish Religion.
