News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Jerry James Kendall Ritchie, 32, of Enid, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 240 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Four present and former officers of the City of Meridian Police Department have each been charged in separate indictments for theft and embezzlement of federal funds, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Quickly Arrested at Home with Child Victim the Same Day Photos Were Distributed.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - Following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and subsequent prosecution from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), Yong Min Choe, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor illegal aliens by employing them at his 7-Eleven...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, announced the introduction of his bill, the Congressional Power of the Purse Act, or H.R. 6628. The bill comes after Chairman Yarmuth led the House Budget Committee in examining the decades-long deterioration...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Farmington, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) invite the public to participate in a virtual meeting regarding the recently published Farmington Mancos-Gallup Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and associated Environmental Impact Statement (RMPA/EIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Indictments Charge Each Officer Individually with theft and Embezzlement of Federal Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man who was arrested yesterday, the same day he shared pornographic images over the internet that he had just taken of a 5-year-old child victim, was charged in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: NOTE: This press release has been updated with additional information since its original release (4-29-20) to provide a link to a new online COVID-19 Fraud reporting form and an updated downloadable pamphlet reflecting this change.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against Evergreen Fresh Farms Inc. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to three produce sellers in the amount of $350,629 from October 2018 through January 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former employee of Tax Pro’s and Tax Solutions & Associates, tax preparation businesses located in Essex and Union counties, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - As the nation adopts measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, many Georgians have lost their jobs and countless more have seen their wages curtailed. These losses have forced many to seek abatements or suspensions of their rent, with reports that nearly one third of Americans were unable to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi named her to the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that the following six men were arrested yesterday on federal narcotics distribution and money laundering charges related to the large-scale distribution of fentanyl in Connecticut...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) environmental cleanup program has reached a significant milestone in its legacy cleanup mission at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), completing approximately half of the planned groundwater characterization activities.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that New York Produce Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $2,394 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving an unpaid produce transaction.
