News from November 2019
By USDA Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Clinton County, Indiana, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive rain and flooding since March 1, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he used a fraudulently made United States passport to travel abroad, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) workforce once again surpassed its goal for the site’s annual food drive, bringing 111,000 pounds of Thanksgiving turkeys and other items to nine area food pantries.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: McALLEN - Six former employees of the East Hidalgo Detention Center (EHDC) are now in custody themselves on federal charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: The Johnstown Flood National Memorial will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 at 6:00 PM regarding the Lakebed Rehabilitation project slated to begin in early 2020 and continue throughout the year. The goal of the project is to restore areas of the lakebed to what it looked like shortly...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to firearm and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: A Broken Arrow man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to just over seven years in prison for the attempted receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Moses Crowe, age 26, was found guilty of Carjacking Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Discharge of Firearm During a Crime of Violence, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person; and Ranson Long Pumpkin, age 33, was found guilty of Carjacking...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Brian Nordan, 42, of Auburn, Indiana, Dustin Coleman, 42, of Cassopolis, Michigan and Angela Jasinski, 29, of Granger, Indiana were charged in an Indictment alleging 13 counts of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Four members of the OBH gang were convicted at trial last week on drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Paul, Minnesota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Dr. Ian Reynolds, 71, of Friendswood, Texas, agreed to pay the United States $300,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he accepted illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding, LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. This is the twelfth kickback settlement involving OK Compounding, LLC, since November 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with Riverview Theater, LLC doing business as Riverview Cinemas 8 (“Riverview") in Southbury, to resolve allegations that the movie theater facility was not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE unveiled an innovative public-private partnership on Nov. 22 set to provide unique isotopes to aid in next-generation cancer research and treatment as well as nuclear cleanup.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Several individuals were indicted separately as part of the new U.S. Department of Justice Project Guardian initiative, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II and ATF Chicago Field Division Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brendan Iber.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -Thomas Fairbanks, age 66, of Logan, Utah, who faces a five-count indictment alleging he devised schemes to defraud investors, including a vulnerable adult, will be in federal court Dec. 5, 2019, at 10:15 a.m. for an initial appearance. The indictment alleges Fairbanks devised a scheme to defraud investors using materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, and omissions of material facts.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the transcripts from joint...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) treated more than 2.4 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater and removed nearly 90 tons of contaminants at the Hanford Site during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, lead his committee colleagues in calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to cooperate with Congressional records requests regarding the nomination of Paul...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Winter is a great time to visit and explore Gettysburg National Military Park. On January 4, the park’s winter programs begin. This year Gettysburg National Military Park is offering the popular lecture series as well as reading adventures program for children ages 4 to 10 and their families. These free programs run January through March at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.
