News from December 2019
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument will have six entrance fee-free days in 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Nigerian citizen residing in Accra, Ghana, has been extradited to Memphis to stand trial for an indictment charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement in response to the change in leadership at the Huntington Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedric Winfield, 24, of Clinton, was sentenced Friday before Chief United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 83 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Winfield was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mark Kerpovich, age 29, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on December 6, 2019, before U.S. District Court Senior Judge A. Richard Caputo to theft of mail.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a two-year alliance with the Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturer and Employers Association (NEPA MAEA) to promote workplace safety and health to general industry employees and students entering the workforce in Northeast Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Melissa Heyer, age 44, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, with submitting false claims to the United States, specifically for claiming to have worked hours on a government contract when she allegedly was not at work.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Defendants used stolen identities to obtain MassHealth and apply for unemployment and Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: “I have the utmost respect for the mission of the Office of Inspector General and the comprehensive work that went into the report prepared by Mr. Horowitz and his staff. However, our investigation is not limited to developing information from within component parts of the Justice Department. Our investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Christopher G. Hickerson, a Fleming County Magistrate and tobacco farmer, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, to charges of conspiracy to commit crop insurance fraud and tax fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - To advance public safety of the largest segment of drone operations, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the organizations selected to advise the agency in developing test administration requirements for the recreational Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) aeronautical knowledge and safety test.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A U.S. Army Major assigned to the U.S. Army Cyber Command at Fort Gordon, Ga., has been charged with distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Nigerian citizen residing in Accra, Ghana, has been extradited to Memphis to stand trial for an indictment charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: HUGER, S.C., Dec. 9, 2019 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Jim Hubbard announced USDA has invested $8.1 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 3,780 homes in rural South Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: The project, Mission: Iconic Reefs, calls for restoring nearly three million square feet of the Florida Reef Tract, about the size of 52 football fields, one of the largest strategies ever proposed in the field of coral restoration. Over the next year and beyond, NOAA will support this effort and work with outside partners to secure additional public and private funds.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - On Dec. 18, 2019 Casa Grande Ruins will host Carianne Campbell as part of its annual speaker series. The presentation will begin at noon on December 18 featuring Carianne Campbell who will present a lecture titled "Native Plants and Pollinators in the Lower Sonoran Desert". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at noon through March 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 41-year old previously convicted violent offender has been ordered to federal prison for lying on a firearms application to purchase multiple handguns, announces U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedric Winfield, 24, of Clinton, was sentenced Friday before Chief United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 83 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Winfield was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lee Crawford, age 58, formerly of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 6, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, to 72 months’ imprisonment and four years on supervised release for cocaine trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Senator Wyden and I released an updated version of our bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act.
