News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Fourth Time Defendant Perez-Vargas Found in the United States Illegally.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a fentanyl and carfentanil distribution conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), alongside a bipartisan group of colleagues, today introduced the Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act to provide more efficient help to Americans whose social security numbers have been misused following an identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Defendant Was Resisting Arrest When He Shot Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of Washington, PA, has been sentenced to federal prison on federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. On March 19, 2020, due to precautions implemented by employers and employees associated with COVID-19, the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) employee pleaded guilty today to embezzling nearly $70,000 in VA funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister today announced a grant of more than $318,000 to Wyandotte County to help respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective at noon on Friday, May 15, 2020. Closures are scheduled to continue through approximately 5 p.m. Sunday, May 17, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Lovell, WY - Following guidance from state and local public health authorities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in consultation with the Crow Tribe, Bighorn Canyon is increasing recreational access on the North District, near Fort Smith, MT. The National Park Service (NPS)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-FBI Washington Field Office (WFO) commemorates National Police Week by honoring the fallen and recognizing the service and sacrifice made by all law enforcement personnel and their families.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah), along with Ranking Members of all standing and select committees, sent a letter to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) opposing the Democrats’ push to unilaterally change the rules of the House of Representatives. would be the most consequential change to House operations since the establishment of the modern committee system in the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Fort Wayne Man, Bank Manager Arrested for Christmas Eve Robbery.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, The Heroes Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bobby Garman, age 38, of Talihina, Oklahoma was sentenced to 168 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Distribution Of Methamphetamine and Possession With Intent to Distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Francisco Martinez Campos, 57, of Caldwell, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 90 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute near a school, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Campos serve eight years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Campos pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 18, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: [Middlesboro, KY] - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, all trailheads at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (NHP) are now open as the park continues to increase accessibility in phased stages.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Four complaints were unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn variously charging 10 members and associates of the Indios Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, with murder in-aid-of racketeering, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration today released its framework to thwart insider threats in the transportation sector. The will streamline processes, identify requirements and capabilities, and leverage partnerships to proactively mitigate risks associated with insider threats.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Our way of life depends on affordable, 21st century cures.
