News from December 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to Senate passage of the SECURE Act...
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
Release: More information about Somalia is available on the Somalia Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Jose Victor Rodriguez, 36, of San Leandro, charging him with possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today led every member of the Senate Democratic caucus to demand that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: A former certified registered nurse anesthetist was arraigned today on an Indictment charging her with fraudulently obtaining controlled substances, including several opioids, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Frank Jonathan Guzman, 27, and Jose Cruz Ivan Aispuro, 34, both of Stockton, charging them with distributing heroin and fentanyl, possessing heroin and fentanyl for distribution, and conspiracy to do the same, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against nine defendants, charging them with various drug and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) reintroduced legislation to reduce the backlog of Medicare appeals cases. The bipartisan Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act (AFIRM) of 2019, establishes new tools...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Sheldrick D. Singleton Jr. (20, Orlando) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison for committing an armed carjacking, and for possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Singleton had pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore announces that visitors can begin making reservations for Great Island Cabin Camp only on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. (EDT). The popular cabin camp will open for business, accommodating visitors with confirmed reservations on Friday, March 13, 2020, and operate through the last night of availability on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marquez Jeter, 42, of Stockton, was sentenced today to seven years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: TUMACÁCORI, AZ - El Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS) anunció que el Parque Nacional Histórico de Tumacácori y otros parques nacionales modificarán su precio de admisión para proporcionar fondos adicionales para la infraestructura y el mantenimiento necesario para mejorar la experiencia del visitante.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Luis A. Tobar, age 44, of Omaha, Nebraska, was found guilty on Dec. 18, 2019, following a two-day trial in federal court in Omaha for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. scheduled Tobar’s sentencing for March 13, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Tobar is facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment and up to life imprisonment for this conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Adonnis Carswell, age 34, of New Haven, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following his conviction after a 4-day jury trial in September 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Carswell was sentenced to 421 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas), along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), praised the inclusion of the Family First Transition Act in the end-of-year...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jose Manuel Romero-Parada, 25, formerly of Indianapolis, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 480 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that two drug-trafficking organizations with fifteen total members were indicted by a grand jury for charges of drug-trafficking, unlawful use of a communication facility, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The cases were investigated and prosecuted by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the impacts of wildfires on the reliability of the nation’s electric grid. In recent years, wildfires have increasingly caused widespread power outages, most acutely in Western states like California.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two South Carolina counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Aiken and Hampton counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
