News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two felons appeared before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers this week for gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Moreno Valley, Calif. - Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to two acres of public lands with prescribed fire in the Dos Palmas Preserve in the Colorado Desert in Riverside County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man accused of crimes in an investigation into sex trafficking was arraigned today on drug distribution and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - John Jean-Gilles, 34, of Midway, Florida, was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of aiding in preparing false tax returns, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Jean-Gilles was also ordered to pay $1,984,357 in restitution. The sentence was announced today by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Allegedly Bought the Drugs on the Dark Web Using Virtual Currency.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: New York, New York - Federal Hall National Memorial 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 17, 2020, is closed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati, OH - During the mid-morning hours of March 19, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested fugitive Kirby Cheong on an outstanding warrant from the Butler County Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Ohio for Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Great Falls father and son who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the community and to illegally possessing firearms were sentenced today to prison terms, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - March 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser of the Eastern District of Louisiana today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal jury, spread across the courtroom to practice social distancing, returned a guilty verdict Wednesday evening on all counts charged, finding a Cincinnati businessman guilty of six charges related to tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran today announced that more than $65 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities combat human trafficking and serve adults and children who are victimized in trafficking operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Oliver Stewart Reing, 21, of Palmer, has been charged with five counts of production and attempted production of child pornography; and two counts of coercion and enticement and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. Reing was arrested on March 17, 2020, and was arraigned on the charges yesterday in federal court.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today led 30 of their Senate colleagues in condemning the Trump administration’s decision to approve a Medicaid waiver request submitted by Texas that allows the state to receive federal funding while excluding providers like Planned Parenthood from their family planning program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser of the Eastern District of Louisiana today announced that nearly $60 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address public safety by supporting successful reentry of adult and juvenile offenders into their communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Pakistani Doctor Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At the direction of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, the Department of Energy (DOE) will fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to its maximum capacity by purchasing 77 million barrels of American-made crude oil. Today, DOE announced a solicitation for the purchase of an initial 30 million barrels to begin filling the SPR. Solicitations for additional purchases will follow.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Taylor Ruffin Herrington, a.k.a. “Tee," 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was arrested today in Philadelphia by the FBI on an outstanding arrest warrant issued last week in the District of Vermont. Herrington made his initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Strawbridge. He was detained pending his transfer to Vermont.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson welcomed two announcements from the Federal government that would expand flexibility in response to the growing coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald for the District of Minnesota today announced a federal criminal complaint against MUHAMMAD MASOOD, 28, charging him with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist...
