News published on Federal Newswire in March 2020

News from March 2020


News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - What’s it like to have a national seashore in your backyard? If you’re an artist, it means boundless opportunities for inspiration! From March 9 through April 29, three local artists will share their works at Salt Pond Visitor Center in an exhibit titled, Three Artists Living in a Postcard.


News Release: Rafael Riviere Named Special Agent in Charge of the San Juan Field Office.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Nogales Commercial Facility seized methamphetamine March 9 from a Mexican national when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port of Nogales. The seizure is the largest methamphetamine load in Arizona port history.


News Release: BOSTON - Two Lynn men pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with drug and firearm charges.


Chairwoman Maloney Announces 2020 Sunshine Week Hearing with Former Chairs Waxman and Davis

News Release: Washington D.C. -On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hearing, in anticipation of Sunshine Week, on the Constitutional authority of Congress to conduct oversight and the need to shine a light on potential reforms to increase the transparency and accountability of the Executive Branch to Congress.


DeCavalcante Associate Admits Cocaine Distribution and Gun Possession

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante crime family today admitted possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute and possessing a firearm during the course of a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Murkowski's Statement on AEIA Cloture Vote

News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, tonight released the following statement about the bipartisan American Energy Innovation Act:


San Bernardino County Man Who Brought Rifle into Restaurant after Being Denied Alcohol Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A convicted felon who brought an assault rifle into a restaurant and brandished it at the manager after employees refused to serve him an alcoholic beverage was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced a proposal to expedite review and approval of restoration projects across the West designed to address the rapid spread of pinyon-juniper woodlands on sagebrush habitat for the benefit of greater sage-grouse, mule deer and other sagebrush-dependent native...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide up to $40 million over three years for new research in data, artificial intelligence and machine learning to address the challenges of producing and managing data at DOE scientific user facilities.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A jury deliberated for approximately one hour on Friday, March 6, 2020, before returning guilty verdicts against a Belleville, Ill. woman, Paula Klaustermeier, 53, charged with three counts of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough presided over the trial which began March 3. Sentencing is scheduled on July 10, 2020.


Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting an Illegal Alien in His Vehicle to the St. John Ferry Terminal

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Courtney Matthias pleaded guilty to transporting an illegal alien. Matthias will be sentenced at a later date.


News Release: An Afghani woman has been found guilty of repeatedly lying to immigration officials in order to obtain U.S. citizenship, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


Natural Resources Committee Threatens Subpoena if Seven-Day Deadline for Interior Department Document Production is Unmet – New Letter Sets Timeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a new letter to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) says the Natural Resources Committee will begin issuing subpoenas unless the Interior Department hands over a variety of documents the Committee has requested - some for more than a...


News Release: DALLAS - A Guatemalan woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Prairieland Detention Center (PDC) in Alvarado, Texas, died Sunday at an area hospital.


News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The BLM is gathering public comments as part of the preparation of an environmental assessment to identify management issues and develop alternative management scenarios for approximately 19,498 acres of public lands in the Pumpkin Creek area located about 17 miles south of Miles City.


Missouri man sentenced for distributing heroin resulting in death

News Release: ST. LOUIS - Michael Charles Natoli, 58, of Dixon, Missouri was sentenced to 96 months in prison for distribution of heroin which resulted in death and serious bodily injury.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty to federal gun crimes today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. John Miller, 23, pled guilty making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possession of a firearm in a school zone, and discharge of a firearm in a school zone.


News Release: FBI Richmond Joins Lancaster and Northumberland County Sheriff’s Office’s Investigation Into 2013 Cold Case.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony L. Jackson, of Cleveland, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.