News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. May 6, 2020. Release No.: 2020-15. Contacts: 702-283-2344. Derek Carter Selected as Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Superintendent. SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service has selected Derek...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on May 1, 2020, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Adkins Pharmacy, Inc. (“API"), a pharmacy located in Mingo County, has agreed to pay civil monetary penalties to resolve allegations that the pharmacy violated the Controlled Substances Act by filling illegitimate prescriptions, United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian man, living in Chelsea, was charged today in connection with the April 21, 2020, armed robbery of Lanzilli’s Grocery in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was sentenced on April 23, 2020, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nevada. - In coordination with our partners, the BLM has canceled the 2020 Lovelock Cave Days event scheduled for May 19, 20 and 21.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Edson Wilson, 42, of Augusta, Maine pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of heroin and fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, May 6, 2020-A new freeze-resistant Trichinella species has been discovered in wolverines by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their colleagues. Trichinella are parasites that cause the disease trichinosis (formally referred to as trichinellosis), which people can get by eating raw or undercooked meat from infected animals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Neal Lee Morris, age 43, of Ada, Oklahoma was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The charges arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is accepting applications for on-the-spot hiring for operations aviation safety inspectors (ASIs). The ASI positions are for various facilities throughout the country.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management Miles City Field Office has published a Notice of Availability/Notice of Realty Action for public comment. Comments on the environmental assessment, draft plan amendment, and conveyance of reversionary interest through a direct sale at fair market value...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow joined their colleagues to introduce legislation to establish an interagency task force charged with identifying and addressing disparities that are disproportionately affecting minority communities in Michigan during the Coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Spirit Lake, Iowa, man convicted of Felon in Possession of Firearm was sentenced on April 27, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Amy Jo-Manshum John, 25, of Grand Rapids, Michigan pleaded guilty before a U.S. Magistrate Judge pursuant to a plea agreement to one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants. John faces a statutory maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years’ confinement, $250,000 fine, and 3 years’ supervised release at the time of sentencing.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Todd Young (R-Ind.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), today introduced the Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2020 (MAR Act) to review and improve the accountability and ...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Kelly Woods, a Bureau of Land Management supervisory training specialist responsible for leading the Great Basin Training Center in Boise, Idaho, has been named as the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) manager.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Luis Perez-Rodriguez, 31, of Allentown, PA, has been arrested and charged with one count of manufacturing child pornography after a search warrant was executed at his home. United States Magistrate Judge Henry S. Perkin presided over a detention hearing in Allentown via video teleconference today, and ordered that the defendant remain in custody pending trial.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: On Feb. 11, 2020, I wrote to you requesting additional information concerning investigations being conducted by the Chairmen of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Finance Committee (together the “Senate Committees"). As I noted in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Wehs, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
