News from July 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: National Park Service News Release. CONTACTS: Deborah Coble, NPS South Atlantic-Gulf Region, 907-280-8739. Marjorie Thomas, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 770-427-4686. Patrick Gamman Named Superintendent of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. ATLANTA - Today, National Park Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kearon Brinson, age 40, of West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and Lamont Hubbard, age 49, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, were indicted on June 30, 2020, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and ammunition charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Vincent Ingino, age 28, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania was sentenced on July 1, 2020, to 300 months’ imprisonment followed by three-years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for distributions of controlled substances resulting in two deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 36-year-old Daingerfield, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Jonathan Michael Rouffe (47, Boca Raton) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 1, 2020]- The body of a missing Pocatello, Idaho man was found in Glacier National Park early this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A forfeiture complaint and warrant were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that all petroleum-product cargo aboard the Bella with international maritime organization (IMO) number 9208124, the Bering with IMO number 9149225, the Pandi with IMO number 9105073, and the Luna with IMO number 9208100 are subject to forfeiture based on the terrorism forfeiture statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Dustin Lee Norman, 23, of Trenton, Florida, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on March 3, 2020, to Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Possessing Child Pornography, and Sending Interstate Transmissions of Extortionate Communications. The Court also ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 259 months in federal prison for overseeing a long-running $3.3 million credit card, loan and real estate fraud scheme using stolen identities, primarily that of children.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: RICHMOND - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced the agency’s new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure." campaign in advance of the Independence Day holiday weekend. The campaign focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who works for the city of Topeka was indicted today on federal child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River will be closed to all visitors until further notice. The closure is in response to a positive case for COVID-19 in the park residential community. The park is acting according to a COVID-19 operations plan developed alongside public health professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Led police on high speed chase with sawed off shotgun in the vehicle.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Utah counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Tooele, and Utah counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure." campaign has just launched in advance of the Independence Day holiday weekend. The campaign focuses on airport checkpoint modifications to help contain the spread of COVID-19, comply with CDC guidelines and support healthy and secure summer travel to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - On July 3, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will partially reopen the Five Mile Campground located five miles north of the Yukon River bridge on the Dalton Highway.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON— Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Chad F. Wolf, announced the establishment of the DHS Protecting American Communities Task Force (PACT), a special task force to coordinate Departmental law enforcement agency assets in protecting our nation’s historic monuments, memorials, statues, and federal facilities.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are issuing a joint advisory urging U.S. companies to monitor their activities in China, particularly in the Xinjiang region, where the Chinese government is harshly repressing its own people and is committing human rights abuses.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., July 1, 2020) – Today, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters into force, replacing the decades-old NAFTA. USMCA is a better deal for America’s farmers, consumers and workers that will set them up for success for decades to come. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, returned a six-count indictment against three former correctional officers — Jason Tagaloa, 29, Craig Pinkney, 36, and Jonathan Taum, 48 — for their roles in assaulting an inmate housed at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center and for attempting to cover up ...
