News from January 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev - The Black Rock Field Office, Winnemucca District, Bureau of Land Management, will be seasonally closing a portion of the High Rock Canyon Road to vehicle use beginning February 8. The closure will be between the mouth of High Rock Canyon and about 5 miles below Stevens Camp.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A North Adams man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield to 60 years in prison today for child exploitation offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - As part of its mandate to ensure public involvement and science-based decision making in managing America’s wild horses and burros, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced three appointments today for its National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The three new members bring expertise in the areas of research, natural resource management and public interest (with special knowledge of equine behavior).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia announced the promotion of two current Committee staffers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Christopher Buonocore (34, Hicksville, NY) has pleaded guilty to six counts of cyberstalking. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Investigators seized cocaine, semi-automatic pistol, homemade pistol and cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Cheikh Ahmet Tidiane Cisse, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of theft of government property and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme in which Cisse filed fraudulent claims for Social Security benefits using fictitious identities and the identities of actual individuals, and attempted to collected over $236,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Travis M. Butler, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to life imprisonment on federal charges of enticing a minor for sexual activity and producing child pornography. Butler pled guilty to the charges during a pretrial conference just two days before his federal jury trial was due to begin. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces a podcast in observance of Human Trafficking Awareness month. January is designated as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Houghton, Mich - Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials, and to support the nation's effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, NPS personnel and researchers will not be conducting research on Isle Royale this winter. Researchers from Michigan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Albido Corporation, along with two individuals, have agreed to pay over $400,000 to settle allegations that the company improperly obtained three awards through the Small Business Innovation Research Program based on false misrepresentations of eligibility for the program.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - Los Angeles Produce Distributors LLC, operating out of Los Angeles, Calif., has posted two $250,000 surety bonds to employ Fernando Patoja and Tony Perez, as required by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office is warning motorists know Route 2054 High Rock Lake road which connects Soldier Meadows Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) to High Rock Canyon Road is impassable due to flooding. Travel through the flooded area is not advised and there is a high risk of motorists getting stuck.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man who led police on a high-speed car chase after they attempted to pull him over with approximately 75 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle pleaded guilty Jan. 15, to a federal narcotics charge, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: For Sue Smiley, concluding her career with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the Office of Legacy Management (LM) Fernald Preserve and Mound sites in Ohio is a sign that her work in the field of environmental remediation has come full circle.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General opened a programmatic review of U.S. Park Policeactionsand other activities thatoccurredon national park property. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Maija Katak Lukin, Superintendent for Western Arctic National Parklands (WEAR), Region 11, and former Mayor of Kotzebue, Alaska, has been selected as the Native Relations Program Manager for the National Park Service (NPS), Region 11.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service, at the request of and in cooperation with the United States Secret Service, will implement a temporary public closure of the National Mall beginning at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 15 and extending through at least Thursday, January 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jaysea Markara Williams, age 19, of Muskogee County, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Attempted Robbery In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2111, 1151, 1153, and 2, punishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 2021 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well...
