News from April 2020
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 272,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Todd H. Lahr, 60, of Nazareth, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, two counts of securities fraud, and four counts of wire fraud. United States District Judge Edward G. Smith presided over the guilty plea hearing in Easton via video teleconference.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 23, 2020 - A federal indictment was unsealed today charging the owners of the New China Buffett and Grill (NCBG) in Clarksville, Tennessee, with conspiracy and tax fraud charges relating to the employment of undocumented workers from China and Guatemala, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Donte L. Gibson, age 41, and Audrey J. Gibson, age 36, of Akron were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to bring large amounts of fentanyl and carfentanil into the United States from China and then sell the drugs in Akron and Lorain, as well as firearms and money laundering violations. Donte...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Three Mexico citizens who admitted trying to smuggle aliens across the border from Canada into Glacier County in Montana last year were sentenced this week to time served, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and Chautauqua County Sheriff James B. Quattrone announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Harry J. Radke, 44, of Mayville, New York, with possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty today in connection with distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser and Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation Chicago Field Office, Kathy A. Enstrom, are reminding the public to beware of possible scams related to economic impact payments made during the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing efforts to defraud the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces that a federal grand jury sitting in Raleigh indicted MATTHEW SCOTT THOMAS, 34, of Henderson for possessing a firearm after having been adjudicated mentally defective and committed to a mental institution and for making a false statement during the transfer of firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: The 2018 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) provides data about manufacturing that are crucial for accurate estimates of domestic production and productivity and to making sound decisions on economic trade policies. Companies, business analysts and trade associations use this data in planning investments, production and marketing.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Dear Minister Momen: We are writing to reiterate our thanks to your government and the Bangladeshi people for generously hosting almost a million Rohingya refugees, particularly in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. As countries around the world work to contain and combat the spread of the coronavirus,...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Carl Anthony, 66, of Niagara Falls, NY, with attempted production, production, and possession of child pornography. The defendant is also charged with contempt of court and conversion of government property. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - Higher winds out of the southeast today are testing the western boundary of the Sunday Afternoon Fire in Everglades National Park. Aerial support and hand-crews on the ground are patrolling the jagged six-mile western perimeter of the fire for hidden hot spots to prevent additional spread. While fire is easily extinguished on emergent vegetation, the organic soil continues to smolder and often ignites unburned vegetation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: GLACIER BAY, ALASKA - The National Park Service (NPS) has extended the timeline for submission of public input on Glacier Bay National Park wilderness stewardship planning to May 5, 2020. The NPS is seeking public comments to inform on-going management planning for the backcountry areas of Glacier Bay National Park designated as wilderness. This planning effort is in the early stages with no proposed management actions at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Maria Utrera-Viveros, a/k/a Maria Utrara-Viveros, age 33, of Veracruz, Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (5 months in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ferrigno Yuselew, 37, of Zuni, New Mexico, was sentenced on April 22 in federal court in Santa Fe, New Mexico to 21 months in prison for assault of an intimate partner by strangling or suffocating in Indian Country.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, delivered a statement on the House Floor in support of the Resolution to Establish the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Harry J. Radke, 44, of Mayville, New York, with possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will open the Hobo Camp Day Use Area along the Susan River, near Susanville, will open on Saturday, April 25, the opening day of stream fishing season in northern California.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced that state and local governmental entities in northern Illinois received more than $20 million in Department of Justice grants to respond to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
