News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula man who posed with guns on a Facebook page was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Haleakalā National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Robert M. Duncan, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on Friday the appointment of a federal prosecutor to lead the fight against fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Gettysburg, PA - Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, in response to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s to close all non-life sustaining operations to curb the spread of COVID-19, is announcing that all park buildings and restrooms are closed. Park grounds, roads, trails and parking areas will remain open to the public. Park gates will be opened and closed at their normal times. There is no public parking available at Eisenhower NHS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal indictment unsealed this week charges ten alleged members of the LAFA street gang with participating in a criminal organization that murdered its rivals and violently protected its drug-dealing territories on the South Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina 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 by sending an e-mail to disaster@leo.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Robert M. Duncan, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on Friday the appointment of a federal prosecutor to lead the fight against fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pamela Emanuel, 58, of San Jose, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. to 6 years and 3 months in prison and ordered to pay $773,733 in restitution for her role in scheme to defraud the State of California by filing false unemployment insurance claims, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that, on Feb. 20, 2020, a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment charging NIKOS CHELIOUDAKIS, 34, of New Milford, with multiple firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced a series of steps aimed at protecting consumer financial safety and preventing civil rights violations amidst the COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND-Today, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams warned of several new fraud schemes seeking to exploit the evolving coronavirus public health emergency by targeting vulnerable populations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND-Today, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams warned of several new fraud schemes seeking to exploit the evolving coronavirus public health emergency by targeting vulnerable populations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney David J. Freed for the Middle District of Pennsylvania today announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument is Closing in Accordance with Latest Health Guidance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jerel Andre Williams, 37, of Mansfield, Texas, was charged today by Information with 9 counts of mail fraud and 2 counts of filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: A Brazilian national made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges related to his alleged conspiracy to import more than 700 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.
By State Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Alma L. Golden as the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) assistant administrator for global health:
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: San Diego, CA - Cabrillo National Monument, in response to Executive Order N-33-20 issued by the Governor of the State of California, 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 20, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald of the District of Minnesota 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.
