News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Replaced Dozens of Vials of Fentanyl with Saline in a Hospital’s Surgery and Birthing Centers.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Lovell, WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is notifying the public that the lake level has reached 3617 feet. The National Park Service (NPS) has installed the boat launch ramp at Horseshoe Bend. However, the NPS recommends launching only non-motorized boats and small fishing boats until lake levels are higher. Larger boats should use the ramp at Barry’s Landing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Venita Sedodo, 32, of St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for wire fraud related to her former position as Treasurer of Velda City, Missouri, and mail fraud related to her former position as Trust Secretary for the Travelers Protective Association of America, Scholarship...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Support of Freedom of Religion for Colorado Church.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Soledad, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Pinnacles National Park is increasing recreational access on the west entrance of the park. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - On Monday, June 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI will participate in a statewide telephone town hall, hosted by AARP, to protect Alaskans from COVID-19 fraud. Together, the two offices will share resources and take questions to prevent Alaskans from falling victim to scams and other schemes attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Francis Woody, 60, of Ojo Encino, N.M., was sentenced on May 27 in federal court in Albuquerque to life in prison for child sexual abuse in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDGARD MARTINEZ, 39, of Tolland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 29 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Washington-Today, Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform; and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations announced an expansion of the committees’ probe into the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced MARIO SOLOMON (“SOLOMON"), age 48, of New Orleans, entered a plea of guilty on May 28, 2020 to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Ronald Warren, a 64-year old man with no fixed address.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The woman accused of shooting a Columbus police officer during a search warrant on Chelford Drive yesterday morning allegedly told her incarcerated son in a jail call that she would shoot anyone who entered her home, whether law enforcement or civilian.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Greensboro, N.C. - Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is currently implementing a Pavement Preservation Project on the Tour Loop Road and the parking lots for the Visitor Center and Hoskins Farmstead Site. To ensure visitor and worker safety, the Tour Loop Road and parking lots will remain closed...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Cane River Creole National Historical Park is Beginning to Increase Recreational Access to the Park Grounds.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Bandelier National Monument is increasing recreational access to Frijoles Canyon. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park is temporarily closing the breeding areas around two (2) of the park’s bald eagle nests to campers and other human activities. After the young eagles leave in late July, these temporarily closed park areas will be reopened for public use.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky., - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Mammoth Cave National Park is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The BLM is requesting input from the public on a proposal to protect wildlife and raptors though restricting roped and aerial activities within Mineral and Hell Roaring Canyons. The approximately 10,000-acre area identified for potential restrictions provides habitat for golden eagles, Mexican...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger today announced that various jurisdictions across the Eastern District of Virginia have recently been awarded over $764,000 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Mexican National residing in Lexington was convicted today, by a federal jury sitting in Lexington, of two counts of conspiring to distribute cocaine and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
