News from March 2020
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the death of Bob Levinson in Iranian Custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Feb. 18, Tracy Antonio, 25, of Sells, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Raner C. Collins to 37 months of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Antonio must also register as a sex offender and follow sex offender conditions while on supervised release. Antonio previously pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Currie, NC- Moores Creek National Battlefield is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state public health authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 24, the park visitor center...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - United States Attorney Shawn N. Anderson for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or to the NCDF e-mail address disaster@leo.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Ashley Rose Yellowbear, age 27, Samuel Harold Friday, age 37, Kristen Jade Antelope, age 26, and Rusty Tso Tabaho, Sr. age 27, all residents of the Wind River Indian Reservation, were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 18, 2020, for...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released updated Phase 3 coronavirus legislation responding to the public health and economic crisis. Grassley led bipartisan negotiations and crafted the Senate’s tax policy and key health policy responses, as well as policy helping the unemployed, included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Ecuadorian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Citizens suspecting scams should report to authorities.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s new ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers must conduct a substantive environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline. Judge James Boasberg found that the...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah Field Office, has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Mother Lode Exploration Plan of Operations (EPO), located seven miles east of Beatty in Nye County, Nevada. The comment period will be from March 25 to April 23, 2020.
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: A man who was prohibited from possessing a firearm pled guilty March 17, 2020, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Ungerer & Company, a privately-owned company in the flavor and fragrance business operating in Bethlehem, PA, has agreed to pay $450,000 and to commit to remedial measures to resolve allegations that it failed to make required notifications to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) about certain international shipments of listed chemicals that can be used to manufacture illicit controlled substances.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP) understands that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, State Energy Offices (SEOs) may be experiencing issues administering their SEP grants and preparing their state applications for FY20 funding. We are committed to working with you as circumstances arise and to figuring out the best path forward to ensure your continued operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Ashley Rose Yellowbear, age 27, Samuel Harold Friday, age 37, Kristen Jade Antelope, age 26, and Rusty Tso Tabaho, Sr. age 27, all residents of the Wind River Indian Reservation, were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 18, 2020, for...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Special agents with the FBI this evening arrested a Southern California man on a federal fraud charge alleging he solicited investments in a company he claimed would be used to market pills that would prevent coronavirus infections and an injectable cure for those already suffering from COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in response to Order No. GA - 08 relating to COVID-19 issued by Governor Greg Abbott of the State of Texas is announcing additional modificatopms to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Palo Alto Battlefield NHP is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In response to Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño’s Mandatory Countywide Shelter in Place Order of March 23, 2020, the park is temporarily closed as of March 25, 2020.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the apparent passing of Bob Levinson, an American citizen who was held hostage by the Iranian regime for 13 years. Mr. Levinson went missing in 2007 and was the United States’ longest held hostage.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming raised more than $3.4 million in its March 24, 2020, quarterly oil and gas lease sale, facilitating economic opportunities and infrastructure investment in local communities. The BLM received bids on 75 parcels totaling about 71,689 acres.
