News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed a handgun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) during today’s hearing titled: “Funding a Robust Freight and Passenger Rail Network."
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
Release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chair of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was charged today in the District of Columbia with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to Hizballah, a foreign terrorist organization that has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Lee, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man with a previous federal drug-trafficking conviction pleaded guilty today to conspiring to traffic wholesale amounts of cocaine in and around Hampton Roads and to possessing several guns to protect his drug trade.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Out of an abundance of caution, the Census Bureau will no longer have an in-person aspect of its National Event that was scheduled to take place in Atlanta, Ga. on March 16, 2020. See the Census Bureau's statement for further details.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: MIAMI−Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Miami Field Office announced that Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, of Tracy, California was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke to 37 months in prison, after previously pleading guilty to the federal charge of attempted destruction of an aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Larry Arnowitz, 66, of St. Louis, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign funds for his personal use and expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Christopher Threet pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder drug trafficking proceeds between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Joshua Eugene Burton (34, Missouri) has pleaded guilty to coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit activity and committing a child sex offense while registered as a sex offender. Burton faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico returned a guilty verdict on Mar. 3 convicting James Christopher Benvie, 45, of Albany, Minnesota, of two counts of false personation of a Border Patrol agent.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Upcoming Lake Mead National Recreation Area Events March 7 - April 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Forsyth County Commissioner pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns and failing to file a tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has analyzed the potential environmental effects of establishing an integrated management strategy to control cogongrass in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The draft environmental assessment ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), the National Afro- American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. will jointly sponsor the 156th birthday celebration of Colonel Charles Young Thursday, March 12th, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will be streamed live on the park’s Facebook page.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Nathan Huntsberry, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management Fillmore Field Office will reopen the Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Center on March 6. Hours of operation will include Thursday - Monday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The recreation area is open 24/7 and 365 days a year.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement after meeting with Honduran Attorney General Óscar Chinchilla...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana David C. Joseph announced the signing of an agreement with DeSoto Parish to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement is part of the Department of Justice’s Project Civic Access...
