News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: VALE, Ore. - As Oregon reopens and the Memorial Day holiday weekend approaches, Vale District Bureau of Land Management would like to remind the public to exercise caution with fire, heat sources and anything that can produce a spark.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Thomas Daniel Johnson, age 34, of Toledo with sexual exploitation of a minor and receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Seward, AK--In response to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the State of Alaska and in support of federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Kenai Fjords National Park is adapting park operations to limited and strategic locations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jack Taylor, 35, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 114 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Taylor pleaded guilty to this charge on January 9, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River’s Zane Grey Museum will remain closed until further noticed. 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 21, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 46-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Texas woman who helped lead an interstate narcotics trafficking ring pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges arising out of an opioid buy-back scheme in which a doctor at a Los Angeles clinic prescribed opioids to putative patients that the clinic bought back and sold on the black market in California and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s podcast series, Prevention Profiles: Take Five, has received a Second Place Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Award from the National Association of Government Communicators.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Browning man convicted by a jury of raping and sexually abusing two women on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation under the guise of offering each a ride home was sentenced today to 54 months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced additional progress to implement the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement. Both countries have now signed protocols to allow the United States ...
By State Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in approving a bipartisan resolution commending State Department professionals for their dedication repatriating United States citizens and legal permanent residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Southern Shores, NC man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute five (5) kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Lorenzo Cook, 36, of Macy, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 21, 2020 in federal court in Omaha for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. United States Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Cook to 36 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Cook will be on supervised release for 1 year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging David Stephen Shaw (36, Ocala) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Shaw faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Shaw that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and 129 rounds of ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fort Union National Monument 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 DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role as a member of a drug trafficking conspiracy and his possession of multiple semiautomatic firearms in furtherance of his unlawful drug-trafficking activities, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The Hill . Peter Sullivan. Published on May 20, 2020. President Trump told Republican senators during a meeting on Tuesday that he still wants congressional action to lower drug prices, even though the coronavirus pandemic has sucked up oxygen, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). …. “I said the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Michael Mowry, 43, of Acton, Maine pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Kevin Delando Turner, 50, of Benton Harbor, was sentenced today to 180 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff. Turner pled guilty in February to robbing an Old National Bank branch in Kalamazoo with his nephew Draper Turner. Draper pled guilty, cooperated with the government, and was sentenced in November 2019 to 51 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A North Carolina man who took part in a conspiracy to steal design information from aircraft companies faces additional prison time after his indictment for lying to the court while being sentenced and for lying to the FBI.
