News from March 2020
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Palo Alto Battlefield 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. As of March 18, 2020, the Palo Alto Visitor Center...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation temporarily closed public visitation to the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center in support of the recommended guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tours of the dam were set to begin April 1, 2020, but will be delayed until further notice. The health and safety of the public and our employees is our number one priority.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister 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: Jackson, Miss. - U.S. Attorneys Mike Hurst of the Southern District of Mississippi and Chad Lamar of the Northern District of Mississippi announced today their appointment of federal prosecutors to lead the fight against fraud in the state of Mississippi relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Natchez Trace Parkway 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 19, 2020, all visitor contact stations are closed, all other facilities remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: The Guard Allegedly Stole Cash Intended to Restock Bank ATMs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: Illegal narcotics, guns, and cash seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury has returned a criminal indictment charging Shomarley Lockhard Hodge, 33, of Charlotte, with embezzlement, bank larceny, and transactional money laundering for stealing $325,000 in cash intended to restock bank ATMs, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Hodge turned himself in to FBI agents this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin today announced 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: Memphis - U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western District of Tennessee 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 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - After careful consideration and at the direction of Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, the Bureau of Land Management will temporarily suspend the collection of all entrance fees until further notice.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Honduran man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Karnes County Residential Center, in Karnes, Texas, passed away Wednesday morning at the facility.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Units of Western Pennsylvania which include Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield,.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Florida’s three United States Attorneys today joined with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to warn scam artists that they will vigorously pursue anyone trying to capitalize on the coronavirus pandemic by cheating Florida consumers, especially the state’s vulnerable elders.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
Release: EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The temporary TSA Pre✓® application center planned for late March at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU) has been cancelled.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: As Americans continue to do their part to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, we are doing our part to support them, their families and their businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell 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: Concord - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray of New Hampshire 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging BRIAN VELEZ, also known as “Whites," 31, of West Hartford, formerly of Hartford, with distributing fentanyl while released on bond in a federal case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2020
News Release: “As our communities take extraordinary measures to confront the coronavirus outbreak, some may view this as an opportunity to prey on the public’s fears and anxieties. The Department of Justice is now focused on cybercrime, sale of counterfeit goods, treatment scams and other healthcare and investment scams arising from the pandemic. My office will aggressively prosecute anyone engaged in this kind of activity," said U.S. Attorney Lelling.
