News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 23-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: “An impartial jury, following legal instructions written by the Court, voted unanimously to convict these two men. We are disappointed by this decision and will review our options.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Eugene Sanchez Crayton, 27, of Mobile, was sentenced this morning in federal court for his involvement in the distribution of controlled substances while carrying a firearm. In October of 2019, Crayton entered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Bronx, New York man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for distributing cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine) and heroin, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A jury today convicted a Billings man of methamphetamine crimes for his role in a large trafficking organization that brought hundreds of pounds of the drug into Montana, U.S Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Wallace Byers, age 60, of Miami, Florida, to 121 months in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud. The Court further sentenced Byers to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $6,880,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee examined the federal government’s efforts to combat the spread of emerging infectious diseases and pandemics in an interagency response to global outbreaks at a roundtable Wednesday. The committee considered lessons learned from past outbreaks, including the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and how those lessons have improved the response to the current Coronavirus outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SENTRELL BOOKHARDT, also known as “Scab," 33, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH − A resident of the City of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three Columbus men pleaded guilty today as part of a gang-related racketeering conspiracy. Each of the men accepted responsibility for their roles in three separate murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jack Carl Rice, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH − A resident of the City of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Georgia Tax Return Preparer.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11), chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, issued the following statement Wednesday criticizing the Trump Administration’s desired cuts to Federal anti-hunger programs, including nearly $182 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in its FY2021 budget.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Ways and Means Committee passed the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rian Patterson, age 23, and Devin Diggs, age 20, who were soldiers stationed at Fort Drum, New York, pled guilty yesterday to felony charges in connection with the burglaries of federally licensed firearms dealers in September 2019, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - STEVEN BRADLEY SIMON, 47, of Chandler, has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearm silencers, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: AMARILLO, TX - The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct a 1,000-acre prescribed burn at the Cross Bar Management Area, approximately 15 miles north of Amarillo, TX, when weather conditions are optimal and safe. The prescribed burn will occur between Feb. 19 - Feb. 29, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 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 Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Farm Credit Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park is applying for grant funding to address damage done by off-road driving and to prevent off-road driving in the park. National Park Service staff seek the public’s ideas and comments at an open house on Feb. 18, 2020 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Furnace Creek Visitor Center.
