News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced arrests in the takedown of a major Philadelphia-based gun trafficking ring that illegally trafficked numerous guns and methamphetamine into Camden. In total, the joint investigation, “Operation Zombie," resulted in the recovery of 36 guns and over 20 ounces of methamphetamine - the equivalent of as many as 14,000 individual doses - among other contraband.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation announces Roland Springer as the deputy regional director for natural resources in its Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region. As deputy regional director, Springer will oversee programs related to basin-wide water management and operations, natural resources, and environmental services and related programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Defendant Was on Release Following Prison Term for Earlier Firearms Charge.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - Beginning Feb. 1 and continuing for up to 30 days, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burns in the Río Grande del Norte National Monument on the Guadalupe Mountains, located 1 mile south of Cerro, N.M. Smoke may be visible from highways NM 522, U.S. 285 and U.S. 64.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: LAKE MEAD ROADS TO RECEIVE $5.6 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Chair Karen Bass (D-CA) wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General to request an investigation into DOJ’s failure to properly implement the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 and to collect data regarding deaths occurring in the federal and state prison systems.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: A new report by the state of Washington highlights the necessity and benefits of moving away from fuel taxes and transitioning to a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) system in order to fund the state’s highway system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 42-year-old Texarkana, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A North Carolina physician pled guilty to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Roswell Tempest Lowry, M.D., 85, pled guilty to interstate travel in aid of a racketeering enterprise.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed a record 12,547,743 visitors in 2019, which is 1,126,540 more visitors than in 2018. The park’s three primary entrances near Gatlinburg, Townsend, and Cherokee all had increased use, accounting for about two-thirds of the total park visitation. Secondary park...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jarriet Rascoe, 32, of Selma, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. A jury found Rascoe guilty of the charge following a trial in Selma in September of 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced the opening of the Fish Protection Prize, a prize focused on developing more reliable and sustainable water structures while protecting fish from traveling...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Shannon Rennee Bradley, 25, of Washington, Missouri, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute, and aiding and abetting in the distribution of heroin and fentanyl, which resulted in the death of victim A.C. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated the case, along with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jarriet Rascoe, 32, of Selma, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. A jury found Rascoe guilty of the charge following a trial in Selma in September of 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans Special Agents arrested a Harahan, Louisiana, man Thursday on a federal felony charge of receiving child pornography. The arrest stems from his indictment January 16 pursuant to an investigation by HSI with assistance from the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump administration to implement its “public charge" policy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Friday, a federal jury found Darnell Pearson, 41, of Fresno, guilty of two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. - CHARLES A. LOPEZ (“LOPEZ"), age 27, of Harahan, Louisiana, was indicted on Jan. 16, 2020, for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser. LOPEZ was arrested by Special Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. LOPEZ appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael B. North on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Supreme Court stayed a judicial order preventing the Trump Administration from implementing its controversial "public charge" rule. This rule makes it harder for working families seeking family reunification through our current immigration system. In response, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump has signed into law a bipartisan bill backed by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to provide grants to faith-based and nonprofit organizations to help secure their facilities against...
