News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Emmanuel de la Cruz (40, Riverview) today pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Alleged Conduct Occurred in New York and North Carolina over Nearly a Decade.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation selected 19 projects to receive $3.5 million in WaterSMART Applied Science Grants to develop tools and information that will inform and support water management decisions. These projects will be matched by more than $4.5 million, non-federal cost-match, supporting a total project cost of $8 million.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) today held a business meeting to advance the following nominees to the full Senate for confirmation:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - The former director of Dayton’s Minority Business Assistance Center pleaded guilty today to accepting a thing of value in connection with a local government.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee examined how state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and critical infrastructure owners and operators can mitigate and protect against persistent cybersecurity threats. The hearing also highlighted the current threat environment, including ransomware attacks and threats from state actors such as Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained over $300,000. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Julie M. Wheeler entered a guilty plea for federal health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Wheeler, 43, of Beckley, faces up to 10 years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathan Parker, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, has admitted to a fentanyl distribution charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose L. Silva, Jr., 25, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in a school zone before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated seven Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH -William Davis was sentenced to 46 months in prison for distributing cocaine and possessing a firearm after prior felony convictions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Morgan: I am contacting you to request U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigate the attached e-allegation (Case Number e973P121202015) submitted by the Cherry Marketing Institute regarding potentially misidentified and misreported imports of cherry products from Brazil.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Harvey Short, 32, of Cleveland, was arraigned today on two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud as well as 26 counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Curtis Bunkley, a.k.a. “Punisher," of Brattleboro, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing heroin and fentanyl leading to the overdose death of a Winhall, VT resident. Bunkley was arraigned today by United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy, who ordered Bunkley detained pending trial.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Department of Energy (DOE) has released its FY 2021 budget request. The reflects the Department’s ongoing commitment to a secure, resilient power grid, which helps ensure our national security, a strong economy, and the availability of services Americans rely on every day (e.g. power for their homes...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Ohio plead guilty in federal court to a charge of identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 14 Wisconsin counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Brown, Calumet, Door, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Price, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, and Winnebago counties who suffered losses due to continuous...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM workers are set to soon begin transferring spent nuclear fuel from an underwater basin to a dry storage area at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, aka Abdur Raheem Rafeeq, aka Salah ad-Deen Osama Waleed, 50 of Maple Heights, Ohio, was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment and lifetime supervised release for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, as well as 5 years of imprisonment each...
