News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury indicted two Elko residents for allegedly conspiring to vandalize U.S. government property, including an archaeological site, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-Nevada State Director Jon Raby.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 23-year-old Richardson, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after voting against ending debate on the American Energy Innovation Act, legislation introduced by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.). The cloture motion failed by 47-44.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19" to help companies respond in the event of coronavirus in the workplace. The guidance was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, March 11, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles city councilman surrendered to FBI agents this morning to face criminal charges that he obstructed an investigation into him accepting cash, female escort services, hotel rooms and expensive meals from a businessman during trips to Las Vegas and Palm Springs, and later lied to the FBI about his conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for committing a gunpoint carjacking in Union County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 23-year-old Richardson, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for committing a gunpoint carjacking in Union County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Kelly Villalobos (49, Ponte Vedra) with making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. If convicted, Villalobos faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The first confirmed grizzly bear sighting in Yellowstone National Park of 2020 occurred on Saturday, March 7. The bear was observed from the air by biologists during a radio telemetry flight near Grand Prismatic Spring just one day before last year’s first sighting.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: FBI Washington Field Office Statement on the 13th Anniversary of the Abduction of Robert A. Levinson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
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.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Thursday announcement on pending publication of a proposed rule to modify employment and training programs for recipients of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) today issued an outline of planned accomplishments over the next decade to capitalize on progress it has made cleaning up former government weapons and research sites over its first 30 years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-Located within five miles of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, Sausalito, and Fort Baker, Hawk Hill lies within the popular Conzelman road scenic overlook corridor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing heroin.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, five members of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus urged the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to reverse course on its proposed rule that would weaken the application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), detailing ways in which the proposal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former vice president of the First National Bank of Harveyville, Kan., was sentenced today to four months home confinement, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today. In addition, she was ordered to pay restitution of approximately $107,175.
