News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Keith Cooley, 22, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Keith Cooley, 22, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito today announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities improve school security and protect students, faculty and staff from threats of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to Jasper County, South Carolina, to provide critical road and stormwater infrastructure improvements to a major highway evacuation route. The EDA grant will be matched with $750,000 in local funds.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Shiloh National Military Park announces that restrooms and picnic area operating hours will be temporarily changed on Wednesday, March 25 in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Each restroom will be open every other...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent and his family were sailing en route to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Tuesday, when they intercepted a Coast Guard broadcast stating a man had fallen overboard near Edmonds and was in need of urgent assistance. The family quickly changed course and raced to the man’s aid.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: At Least 2 Million Have Seen YouTube and Instagram Videos that Falsely Claim He Developed Coronavirus Prevention Pill and Injectable Cure for Those Infected.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Preparing a community’s buildings and infrastructure for a hurricane or earthquake can be an incredibly complicated and costly endeavor. A new online tool from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could streamline this process and help decision makers invest in cost-effective measures to improve their community’s ability to mitigate, adapt to and recover from hazardous events.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Law Enforcement Recovered Approximately 15 Kilograms of Narcotics and Three Firearms During Search Operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: As the chairman of the Finance Committee and head of the Tax Task Force, I want to highlight a few areas of the bipartisan economic relief bill we will be voting on today.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke with Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Hugo de Zela regarding the evacuation of Americans in Peru during the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has admitted taking part in the March 2019 robbery of a bar that left a U.S. Army serviceman wounded.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan DiPirro, a/k/a JD, 29, of Depew, New York, and Sarah Szymanski, 28, of Cheektowaga, New York, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute heroin. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In response to the increased threat of fraud presented by the coronavirus, federal and state law enforcement leaders from Kentucky announced today the formation of the Kentucky Coronavirus Fraud Task Force.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Today, President Donald Trump signed into law the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 (H.R. 4334), bipartisan legislation that reauthorizes the Older Americans Act and helps provide social and nutrition services to older Americans, empowering our nation’s seniors to live independent, high-quality lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: History-Making Operation Will Partner Federal and State Agencies to Protect Western Pennsylvanians.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint and arrest charging Isaiah Reed (30, Tampa) with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin and fentanyl. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jose Angel Frias-Mendoza, 45, of Chihuahua City, Mexico appeared in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico on March 23 for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute and importation of marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Mr. President, several Senators on the other side have been arguing against the provision in this bill to supercharge unemployment insurance right now, something Senate Democrats negotiated with the Trump administration, Secretary Mnuchin and Chairman Grassley. Based on what I’m hearing from Senators on the other side, you’d think this proposal was going to bring on the end of Western Civilization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ISAI SCHEINBERG, the founder and former executive of PokerStars, an online poker company, pled guilty today to running a multimillion-dollar unlawful internet gambling business. SCHEINBERG pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave.
