News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lorenzo Wade, 25, of Rochester, who previously pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to the felony charges of possession with intent to distribute a fentanyl analogue and felon in possession of...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: BUCKINGHAM, Va., Feb. 28, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Virginia Beth Green announced USDA has invested $28 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure for more than 17,000 rural households in Virginia. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Damon Daniels, 49, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 24 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release by the United States District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick for his participation in a conspiracy to produce...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: PINE PLAINS, N.Y. - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested, a 33-year-old unlawfully present Mexican citizen, who has a DUI conviction, Wednesday in Pine Plains, New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted to pass his legislation, H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robbie Lee Holmes, age 31, of Bunch, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 80 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Damon Daniels, 49, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 24 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release by the United States District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick for his participation in a conspiracy to produce...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers to submit their 2019 OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) by March 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Diversicare Health Services Inc. Agrees to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint against Jordan Dillon, doing business as L and D Cattle (Dillon) of Sanger, Texas, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Jayson Knox, a/k/a “Birdie," 21, a former substitute teacher at the McQueen School in Kivalina, Alaska, has been charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, transfer of obscene material to a minor, and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. Knox was arrested yesterday, and is currently awaiting his initial court appearance.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after House Democrats rejected consideration of a resolution condemning comments Senator Bernie Sanders made praising communist dictator Fidel Castro this week. McCaul is an original co-sponsor of the resolution introduced by Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), whose family fled the Castro regime.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded California residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license, identification card or another acceptable form of identification to board a commercial flight.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A former doctor with Indian Health Services in Browning was indicted on charges of conflict of interest for allegedly using his job to prescribe a diabetes drug from a pharmacy in exchange for kickbacks, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated nine Indiana counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses caused by three separate disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in federal court in Kentucky, explaining that a Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government law, which requires a photographer to photograph same-sex weddings in violation of her religious objections, violates the U.S. Constitution. The United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: A federal jury found a New York pharmacy owner guilty Wednesday of health care fraud and money laundering charges for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for prescription medications that were not provided to patients.
