News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The United States Attorneys for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, the Ohio Attorney General and the Ohio Board of Pharmacy Executive Director issued a joint statement today regarding the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy rule prohibiting pharmacists from dispensing chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 unless a person has tested positive for the virus or is otherwise approved by the pharmacy board’s executive director.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is announcing additional modifications to its operations, in support of federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. As of March 24, 2020, all public restrooms in the park are closed.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, in response to Executive Order 20-12 issued by the Governor of the State of Oregon, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Engineers and technicians at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) spent months meticulously recreating the long concrete floors supported by steel beams commonly found in high-rise office buildings, only to deliberately set the structures ablaze, destroying them in a fraction of the time it took to build them.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: National Park Service officials announced today the southernmost 14 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Milepost 455 to 469, will close effective immediately in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and in coordination with travel restrictions in place from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Great Smoky Mountains Park.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top four Members of the US House of Representatives on European Affairs sent a bipartisan letter urging Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, to work with the US on sanctioning Putin’s close associate Yevgeniy...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA), in collaboration with a state parks order issued by the Governor of the State of California on March 24, 2020, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Todd H. Lahr, 60, of Nazareth, PA, was charged by Superseding Indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, two counts of securities fraud, and four counts of wire fraud. The charges were unsealed today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Norman Nicholson (56, Largo) today pleaded guilty to one count of depriving an individual of his Fourth Amendment right to a reasonable search and seizure under the color of law and one count of knowingly making false entries in a report with the intent to obstruct an investigation within the jurisdiction of a federal agency. Nicholson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 24, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Gaffney, SC - Southern Campaign of the American Revolution Parks, in response to CDC guidance, are announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man allegedly pretended to be selling a car and pretended to be an online escort in order to rob victims at gunpoint. Further, the man allegedly brandished a firearm during the robberies and shot and struck two victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Port Angeles, WA - Olympic National Park, in response to the Stay Home, Stay Safe Proclamation 20-25 and Proclamation 20-05 issued by the Governor of the State of Washington, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: GARDEN GROVE, California - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Orange County Violent Crime Task Force, working together with local law enforcement, arrested a Paramount man Sunday, 7:05 p.m., after he was observed holding a cashier at gunpoint and committing an armed robbery at a Rite Aid pharmacy in Garden Grove.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 24, 2020, all front country restrooms and comfort...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Filed petition alleges 10 violatioins in 13 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Norman Nicholson (56, Largo) today pleaded guilty to one count of depriving an individual of his Fourth Amendment right to a reasonable search and seizure under the color of law and one count of knowingly making false entries in a report with the intent to obstruct an investigation within the jurisdiction of a federal agency. Nicholson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: On March 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump declared the outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) in the United States to be a national emergency. Unfortunately, criminals and scammers are trying to take advantage of the crisis for their own profit. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man has been arrested on federal charges alleging he and two other men broke into self-storage units in Los Angeles County, stole dozens of firearms, and sold at least some of the weapons to convicted felons.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing and gathering of groups no larger than five persons.
