News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Challenging the Constitutionality of Maine Governor’s COVID-19 Orders that Economically Harm Maine Campgrounds.
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, appeared on “America’s Newsroom" Friday to discuss the committee’s upcoming business meeting to consider a motion to authorize him to issue subpoenas relating to the committee’s ongoing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Defendant also spent more than six months in jail at the time of his sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - On Monday, June 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI will participate in a statewide telephone town hall, hosted by AARP, to protect Alaskans from COVID-19 fraud. Together, the two offices will share resources and take questions to prevent Alaskans from falling victim to scams and other schemes attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Tonto National Monument is increasing recreational access. 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 29, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Mexican National residing in Lexington was convicted today, by a federal jury sitting in Lexington, of two counts of conspiring to distribute cocaine and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Eric Larsgaard, 29, of Las Vegas, was arraigned in federal court today on an indictment charging him for allegedly unlawfully possessing a firearm and deliberately setting fire in a hotel room, 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 Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) took significant strides in May to address the burdens that the Nation’s overpopulation of wild horses and burros put on Western rangelands and the American taxpayer. The BLM announced that its innovative Adoption Incentive Program has already helped the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Rhone previously possessed the handgun in connection with a First Degree Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Secret Service, and the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General are asking the public to continue to be alert as state, local, and federal law enforcement combat significant amounts of child exploitation in Kentucky during the COVID pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has returned indictments against three convicted felons for allegedly illegally possessing loaded handguns in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Alison Marie Sheppard, a/k/a “Aiisha Abdullah," (35, Punta Gorda) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. The court also sentenced Sheppard to a term of 15 years supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: On June 1, 2020, Olympic National Park will open the following park waters to recreational fishing: Lake Crescent, Sol Duc River, Gray Wolf River, Dosewallips River, Duckabush River, North Fork Skokomish River, and mountain lakes as per normal fishing seasons and regulations. The reopening is part of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey man with a prior felony conviction was charged today with unlawfully possessing dozens of firearms, including handguns, rifles, a silencer, ammunition, and high-capacity magazines, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, helped introduce legislation directing federal agencies to compile and publicly share real-time information about testing supply inventory and shortages. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: We write to strongly condemn the Administration’s decision to submit the notice of intent to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty and to reject the Administration’s shortsighted justifications for doing so. This decision undermines America’s security and the security of our allies...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Additional Digital Media in George Floyd Civil Rights Investigation.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday will hold a virtual briefing for local media on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the South-Central Florida Metroplex. The project proposes changes to air traffic procedures for Tampa (TPA), St. Pete-Clearwater (PIE) and Sarasota Bradenton International airports. The agency also will talk about upcoming virtual workshops where the public can learn more about the Draft EA and ask questions of agency experts.
