News from March 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Lou Correa (D-CA), called on Acting Secretary of Homeland...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Friday, March 13, 2020, Richard Herbert Smith and Mellissa Stacy Ann Smith, of Wetumpka, Alabama, were arrested and made their initial appearance in court after being indicted by a federal grand jury. Mellissa Smith is listed as the owner of the Island Delight Caribbean Restaurant in Montgomery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Trey Cardale Campbell, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 180 months incarceration for drug distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tucson Field Office and Gila District Fire Management Office, in cooperation with the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, will conduct a multiple-day prescribed burn in the Sierrita Mountains...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven L. Silverman, of Thurmont, Maryland, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: After your organization forms a general plan for tackling its cybersecurity and privacy risk management issues, it needs particular state-of-the-art tools to make that plan a reality. Computer security and privacy experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have the answer with an updated toolbox of safeguards for protecting an organization’s operations and assets, as well as the personal privacy of individuals.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Nicholasville, KY - Camp Nelson National Monument is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of Wednesday, March 18, 2020, the park’s...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - The four National Park Service (NPS) sites in South Florida-Everglades, Biscayne, and Dry Tortugas National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve-remain open at this time. However, in order to protect our visitors and employees and minimize transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Cecil Gunnels, Jr., 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on March 13, 2020 in Omaha by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for possession of child pornography. Gunnels was sentenced to 97 months in prison to run concurrent to a 15- to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandy Netz, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Randy Matthew Peraza, 47, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma appeared in federal court in Roswell, New Mexico today for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him with bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is beginning its first phase of construction for fish passage at Nimbus Fish Hatchery beginning in mid-March and ending around October.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Lou Correa (D-CA) called on Department of Homeland...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has selected 29 projects to receive $2.8 million to complete watershed group development, watershed restoration planning and watershed management project design. The funding is shared with groups across 12 states, including groups in Alaska and Hawaii, who are receiving funding for the first time through this program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the CDC and recommendations from state and local public health, and in consultation with NPS Public Health Service officers, Carl Sandburg Home NHS will temporarily close the Sandburg Home and Barn area beginning Tuesday, March 17. This includes Sandburg Home tours, the park store...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Princeton man pled guilty today for his participation in a drug trafficking operation in Mercer County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. David Simmons, 51, of Princeton, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute a quantity of oxymorphone and oxycodone. Simmons was charged as a result of a long-term, multi-state, investigation known as Operation X-Nation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following comments on Congressional work responding to the novel coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced a San Antonio man to 108 months in federal prison for possessing over 2,500 images and 112 videos depicting child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Enrico Fionn Hernandez, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for having heroin and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
