News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A U.S. Postal employee was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with stealing mail believed to contain controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Darron Dimitri Ross, 34, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, aggravated identity theft, and wire fraud, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chairwoman Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands issued the following statement for the record at today's hearing on economic opportunities from local agricultural markets."Good morning and thank you for joining us as we discuss how farmers and ranchers across the country are capitalizing off local agricultural markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Threatening Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CONCORD- Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr addressed the dangers that sanctuary cities and sanctuary policies pose to the general public. In jurisdictions that have adopted these policies, local law enforcement officers are restrained from working with their federal law enforcement partners. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, couple has been sentenced by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, based on their convictions in an Involuntary Manslaughter and Child Abuse case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Defendants in two separate Project Safe Childhood cases pled guilty, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and Michael F. McPherson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Tampa Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA), Republican Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on family and medical leave...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme to use credit cards stolen by mail carriers from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Corey Kimani Sanders, age 30, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jasper E. Shook, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Nevada counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Clark and Lincoln counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will meet at the park’s Visitor Center in Copper Center on Tuesday, Feb. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site facility that produced two thirds of the nation’s Cold War-era plutonium no longer exists.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - On Feb. 10, 2020, Attorney General William Barr announced the filing of 3 lawsuits against California, New Jersey and Washington State, alleging that sanctuary city municipal jurisdiction policies interfere with lawful federal immigration and enforcement activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Respecting and enforcing the law, including criminal immigration law, is at the core of the Department of Justice’s mission. Unfortunately, some state and local jurisdictions are attempting to impede or frustrate the Federal Government’s efforts, by enacting “sanctuary policies." The terms “sanctuary...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: NOAA is in the process of acquiring two new oceanographic ships as part of the agency’s fleet rebuilding effort. Once in service, the new ships will support a wide variety of missions, ranging from general oceanographic research and exploration to marine life, climate and ocean ecosystem studies.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Dear Chairman Grassley: Despite numerous opportunities, including in the recent tax extenders package, the Finance Committee has failed to take action on the dozens of energy tax proposals pending before it. It is critical that the Committee move to address these issues in a timely manner, along with...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Edward W. Prickett (53, Auburndale) to eight years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it.
