News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain sent a letter to area health care institutions today to advise them that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is working with its federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute those...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the United States are disinfecting N95 masks by placing them in repurposed rooms or shipping containers injected with a disinfectant known as vaporized hydrogen peroxide, or VHP. A new tool from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: New Haven - John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NYEJIRE REDMOND, also known as “Polo," 20, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to approximately 15 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release, for possessing a stolen firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect manufacturing workers from exposure to coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 16 count indictment charging Jonathon R. Cassatt, 34, of Niagara Falls, NY, with 15 counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A California man who operated a durable medical equipment (DME) company has been charged for his alleged participation in a massive healthcare fraud scheme. The defendant is the 22nd charged in the Southern District of Georgia as part of an investigation that uncovered more than $410 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the largest fraud case in the history of the Southern District of Georgia.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: Dear President Trump: We are writing to express our support for your April 14th announcement of an administration review and hold on U.S. voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) due to their mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Below please find additional information...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Charles Hartsell, age 48, of Bremen, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty for conspiracy to sell and dispose of one or more firearms to an unlawful user of controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: Amarillo, Texas - The Bureau of Land Management today announced the process and timeline by which remaining helium and helium assets will be disposed of in order to meet the requirements of the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013. In accordance with that law, the BLM will no longer manage the Federal Helium System (including the Federal Helium Reserve) as of Sept. 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A California man who operated a durable medical equipment (DME) company has been charged for his alleged participation in a massive healthcare fraud scheme. The defendant is the 22nd charged in the Southern District of Georgia as part of an investigation that uncovered more than $410 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the largest fraud case in the history of the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: Wanted FBI Fugitive Matthew Dietz Captured in Alpena, Michigan.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s announced intent to nominate Andrew de Mello to serve as Inspector General of the Department of Education.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: For Conspiracy to Sell and Dispose of One or More Firearms to an Unlawful User of Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray released a new policy white paper, “A Roadmap to Reopening by Ensuring a Speedy and Ubiquitous Lab Testing System (RESULTS)," that outlines Democrats’ proposals to address the Trump Administration’s failure to rapidly expand testing capacity for COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO - N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 22-count Superseding Indictment charging David Burgin, David Washington a/k/a Dirty Dave a/k/a Dirt a/k/a Wavy Davey a/k/a Brick Boy Dave, Eleazar Martinez Medina, Rodney Pierce, Torrance Bailey...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: Located at Lakeland Linder International Airport, AOC serves as the main base for NOAA’s current fleet of nine specialized environmental data-gathering aircraft, including the agency’s three “hurricane hunter" planes. NOAA moved into the Lakeland facility in 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) reacts to the Paycheck Protection Program running out of funding and being appointed to the bipartisan task force to advise on opening the U.S. economy...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with 11 Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee today called on the Trump administration to distribute the remaining critical COVID-19 aid to health care providers in an equitable and transparent way. In the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - April 16, 2020.
