News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Larry Terrence Martin, 31, of St. Albans, and Sammy Joe Fragale, Sr., 72, of Montgomery, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Martin and Fragale are two of the 14 defendants charged as a result of a long-term investigation known as “Second Wave," which dismantled a poly-drug network operating in Kanawha and Fayette counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff sentenced Melvin James Harris, 46, of Peshawbestown, Michigan, to 240 months in prison for committing five felonies between August and November, 2019. A jury convicted Harris in July 2020 of distributing...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will start work to improve accessibility and rehabilitate the historic landscape at Meridian Hill Park this month. This project focuses primarily on the lower plaza level of the park, near W Street NW, and is expected to be completed in summer 2022.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the White House National Space Council issued its National Space Policy , a coordinated process for developing and monitoring the implementation of America’s space policy and strategy. The U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department) is a critical partner and recognizes that commercial space transportation capabilities have become the gateway to innovation in this growing sector of national and international aerospace endeavors.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is increasing incentive payments for practices installed on land enrolled in the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is upping the Practice Incentive Payment for installing practices, from 5 percent to 20 percent.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the United States would initiate enforcement action for Canada’s failure to implement dairy market access provisions of the USMCA.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Northern California resident had his initial appearance in federal court today following his arrest for attempted child sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Christopher Ryan Christian Counts, 28, of Charleston, pled guilty to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020, bicameral legislation to simplify and modernize the consumer bankruptcy system to make it easier for individuals and families forced into bankruptcy to get back on their feet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has issued three separate, but related, Indictments, charging 30 residents of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio with narcotics trafficking and firearm possession, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that three defendants appeared in federal court this week for firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Friends of New River Gorge National River had a productive year in 2020 with plans underway for more in 2021. New members are being recruited to assist in their efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Gast: We write to seek information on any ethics guidance that has been provided to Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner on potential conflicts of interest related to Kushner Companies, a real estate company owned and operated by his family in which he remains a significant investor. Specifically,...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida federal district judge sentenced a Washington D.C. man who operated a fraudulent diamond investment scheme to serve 84 months in federal prison and pay over $23 million in victim restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, Kan. - A Topeka man was indicted in federal court today with distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Illegal Alien had Multiple Prior Felony Convictions for Human Smuggling, Immigration Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted in federal court today with distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian L. Schumacher, 55, of Penfield, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Brecksville, Ohio - The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability for public review of documents comprising the updated Administrative Record File now including the Draft Final Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis Report (EE/CA) for the selection of removal action at the Jaite Paper Mill Site, located in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Brecksville, Ohio.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on Michael Pack’s appointment of Robert Reilly as Director of Voice of America...
