News from May 2020
By State Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security; Ted Deutch, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism; and Max Rose, Chairman...
By State Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s certification to Congress that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997:
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: An Indictment unsealed today charges former Macomb County Department of Public Works (DPW) Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, 71, of Ray Township, Michigan, with conspiracy to commit extortion in a scheme spanning over two decades, from 1994 through 2016, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve (Denali) is scaling up operations in preparation for the 2020 summer season. Park management has worked closely with federal, state and local authorities to create a phased approach to increasing public access and services, while closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Saint Simons Island, GA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fort Frederica National Monument (FOFR) is increasing recreational access and services. 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 DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: President Boosts Testing Capabilities in Rural America.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced the resolution of several cases today, all of which are separately noted. The cases were brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement ...
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park implemented Stage 2 fire restrictions for the South Rim May 25, which will be effective until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Today, in accordance with guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local public health authorities, Rocky Mountain National Park has increased recreational access and services. In this first phase, from May 27 through June 3, the park has reopened many outlying areas and basic park road and trail access.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A registered sex offender caught downloading child pornography, some involving very young children, during a 2018 investigation was sentenced to 136 months in prison, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Donald McFall, 33, of Columbus, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a criminal complaint charging Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari (23, Tampa) with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). If convicted, Al-Azhari faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Copper Center, AK. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will be issuing permits for Off Road Vehicles (ORV’s) for recreational and subsistence activities starting Tuesday, May 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging James Lee Clark (59, Wilton Manors) with one count of conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud, seven counts of bankruptcy fraud, one count of making a falsification of records in a bankruptcy proceeding...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former special assistant to a member of the Los Angeles City Council has agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge stemming from a “pay-to-play" bribery scheme where real estate developers and their proxies provided over $1 million in financial benefits, including cash, to the councilmember and others to ensure certain real estate projects received favored treatment.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Internet Response Option Preferred by Majority of Households.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Williams Brothers Construction Inc. (WBCI) of Peoria Heights, Illinois, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting its use of a small disadvantaged business to obtain a federally-funded construction contract, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Albert Raul Franco was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon to three years in prison for illegally acquiring 11 firearms through a straw purchaser who made false statements on federal firearms transaction documents during the purchases, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - An Odessa, Texas man, who had an online relationship with a juvenile female in the Western District of Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to cyberstalking and making interstate threats to the girl’s family following her suicide. United State Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today.
