News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Synthetic Opioid Seized Was Enough to Kill 150,000 People.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 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, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park’s (NHP) five backcountry campsites along the Ridge Trail are now open. The National Park Service (NPS)...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - There is a reason some activities are prohibited on your public lands. They are known to start wildfires that can threaten lives and livelihoods.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: Washington - 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 ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Riverside County man was arrested this morning on a federal criminal complaint alleging he swindled dozens of his clients, many of them elderly retirees, in a long-running Ponzi scheme that took in more than $10 million in victim-investor money.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), today released the following statement regarding reports that the National People’s Congress will introduce legislation this week to implement Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law, and other concerns about recent steps by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy:
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotic and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, AK - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is announcing modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts in response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from eligible organizations for fiscal year 2021 funding for five export market development programs. FAS recently published the FY 2021 Notices of Funding Opportunity for the Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development Program, Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program, Quality Samples Program and Emerging Markets Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Fair Grove, Missouri, man who is a member of the Southwest Honkys violent prison gang pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in which investigators intercepted a shipment of nearly 9.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - With the Memorial Day holiday weekend kicking off the start of summer, the Transportation Security Administration is preparing a very different travel season given the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. TSA has implemented changes to the security screening process that reduce the potential for...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Riverside County man was arrested this morning on a federal criminal complaint alleging he swindled dozens of his clients, many of them elderly retirees, in a long-running Ponzi scheme that took in more than $10 million in victim-investor money.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Luke Avery Platero, 29, appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Santwon Antonio Davis has been charged with defrauding his employer by allegedly faking a positive COVID-19 medical excuse letter, causing the employer to stop business and sanitize the workplace. Davis has since admitted that he did not have COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that John George Medas, 67, of North Royalton, was indicted on 25 counts of failing to pay over taxes from employees and one count of embezzling from his employees’ health plan.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding the White House for releasing a report outlining a strategic approach for the U.S. relationship with China.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Oxford, Miss. - A United States Magistrate Judge has ordered that an Arkansas woman be held without bond following her arrest last Friday for aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a Deputy U.S. Marshal who was acting in the line of duty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking/money laundering organization that operated throughout northern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 23, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
