News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida -U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Luis David Huerta-Carranza (age 40) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for illegal reentry after removal. On March 5, 2020, Huerta-Carranza was found guilty following a stipulated bench trial.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site will continue to operate under the latest guidance from the White House, Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide...
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 Christian Stanley Ferguson, age 20, of Cleveland, Ohio with attempted kidnapping. Ferguson was arrested on May 8, 2020, for an attempted plot to ambush and kidnap law enforcement officers responding to a false distress call.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Copper Center, AK. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is adapting park operations by opening the following trails within the Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark (KNHL) beginning Friday May 22, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have announced the two-part virtual event for the FAA UAS Symposium - Remotely Piloted Edition, Episodes I and II , will take place on July 8 to 9 and August 18 to 19, 2020.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Domenick J. DeMuro, 73, of Philadelphia, PA, a former Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward, 36th Division in South Philadelphia, has been charged and has pled guilty to a two-count Information charging (1) conspiracy to deprive...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Domenick J. DeMuro, 73, of Philadelphia, PA, a former Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward, 36th Division in South Philadelphia, has been charged and has pled guilty to a two-count Information charging (1) conspiracy to deprive...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Kayden James Billings (22, Oxford) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Billings faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Billy J. Earls, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, to escaping federal custody.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used state-of-the-art atomic clocks, advanced light detectors, and a measurement tool called a frequency comb to boost the stability of microwave signals a hundredfold. This marks a giant step toward better electronics to enable...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A southern Minnesota sex offender was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 27 years in prison for traveling to Iowa to have sex with children. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Iowa State Patrol and the Hiawatha (Iowa) Police Department.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today decried the politicization of the State Department to support Senate Republicans’ political smear of presumptive Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. Writing to Secretary...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park encourages the public to get ready for boating and fishing season, which begins on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Boaters and anglers should clean, drain, and dry all boats and equipment prior to arriving in the park to minimize the risk of introducing aquatic...
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation authorization to construct and operate the Alaska LNG project.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to the administration’s decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty:
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A married couple from Clearfield, Pa., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office has published a Notice of Realty Action in the Federal Register for conveyance of public lands to the City of Hyde Park located in Cache County, Utah. The 80-acre parcel is within the Hyde Park city limits and isolated from other BLM-managed lands.
