News from March 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Long Island Woman Sentenced to 13 Years’ Imprisonment for Providing Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Hudson County, New Jersey, men were charged today with conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband, including marijuana, steroids, syringes, cell phones and cell phone equipment, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John Morgan, age 31, of Gloversville, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with distributing child pornography.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released an analysis from the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) regarding the updated version of their bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-Two Billings men accused of crimes stemming from an investigation into sex trafficking, drug distribution and firearms violations were arraigned this week on charges in a multi-count indictment, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed an $8.3 billion supplemental package to assist with federal efforts to combat the coronavirus. This package cleared the House yesterday with broad support, and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for threatening to publish sexually explicit images of an underage girl unless she sent him more explicit photos and videos of herself.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 29-year-old former Katy resident has been ordered to prison for conspiring to compel three adult women to engage in sex trafficking by means of force and violence in Houston and other locations across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Kenneth Wayne Hart, a/k/a Redds, Wayne Hawkins, Hawk, Big Daddy, Billy Reds, and Bill Red Hart, age 58, of Beltsville, Maryland, on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics; a sex trafficking conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion; and witness tampering. The verdict was returned late on March 12, 2020.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Republic, Missouri, truck driver pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting two Missouri teenagers across state lines and sexually assaulting them.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 136,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2019/2020 marketing year.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today slammed the Trump administration for failing to utilize new authority to expand access to telehealth services in Medicare, a provision included in the coronavirus response package passed by Congress last week. In a letter...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, the National Park Service temporarily suspended elevator tours in the Washington Monument, effective March 14. Visitors are invited to continue to enjoy the Washington Monument grounds as well as other monuments along the National Mall.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - Recent rainstorms throughout the lower Colorado River corridor have caused reductions in the amount of water the Bureau of Reclamation has been releasing from Davis and Parker dams.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John Morgan, age 31, of Gloversville, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with distributing child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: This week in federal court, two men were sentenced for attempting to sexually exploit minors and a third man was sentenced for failing to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the release of the “Construct Everglades City Replacement Housing Hardened to Resist Storms and Flooding Environmental Assessment (EA)".The EA is available for review and comment at the NPS website.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida, Kieran Donnell Floyd (20, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to robbery and brandishing a firearm during that robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Canby Police Department Lieutenant Graduates from the FBI National Academy.