News from March 2020
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Grand Portage, MN - Grand Portage National Monument 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 3/18/2020, Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center, is closed until further notice. Where it is possible to adhere to the latest health guidance, park grounds and site trails will remain open.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) will defer 13 parcels (totaling 804 acres) located on the Wayne National Forest from its quarterly online oil and gas lease sale scheduled for March 19, 2020. The decision to defer these parcels was informed by a ruling on Friday March...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that he has appointed an experienced Assistant U.S. Attorney to coordinate investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Fort Larned National Historic Site (NHS) 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, the Visitor Center which includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and charging by criminal complaint of Andrew Christian Hammock (46, Boca Raton) with soliciting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. If convicted, Hammock faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to, 30 years in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated nine New Mexico counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Colfax, Harding, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan, Taos, and Union counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six California counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Morristown National Historical Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND-Today, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced a series of steps aimed at protecting consumer financial safety and preventing civil rights violations amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) responded to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to engage in planning for alternate medical facilities, in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Christian William Kight, a/k/a Drillo, has been sentenced for extortion, computer fraud, and wire fraud for hacking into an Atlanta-based computer analytics company and attempting to extort money from the company in exchange for the return of their intellectual property.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN -In response to the rapidly changing situation surrounding the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee is implementing the Contingency Plan and Guidance of the Department of Justice, White House Task Force, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Management and Budget, and Office of Personnel Management to mitigate risks to individual employees and the general public.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to take steps 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 Thursday, March 19, seasonally open campgrounds at Smokemont, Cades Cove...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of armed bank robbery and the robbery of multiple convenience stores, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Roberts County, South Dakota, man has been charged with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Felony Child Abuse and Neglect of a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, AL - On Monday, March 16, 2020, Mulberry Medical Associates, P.C. agreed to pay $425,000 in a civil settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. The alleged false claims involved the importation and distribution of foreign, non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pharmaceutical products prohibited under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Agency Village/Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been charged with two counts of transferring obscene material to a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - As of March 18, 2020, due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, following guidance from the CDC and recommendations from state and local public health authorities in consultation with NPS Public Health Service Officers, the Houghton Headquarters & Visitor Center is temporarily closed to non-essential visitors.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve are 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man today admitted his role as a supplier to a significant drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than one kilogram of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
