News from February 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (STSAC) met Thursday, Jan. 30, to establish its priorities for the upcoming year, which include improving cybersecurity information sharing, mitigating insider threat, and measuring security effectiveness in surface transportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NPYD"), announced...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “EPA’s Lead and Copper Proposal: Failing to Protect Public Health."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: A father who threatened to shoot up a Dallas daycare has been charged with a gun crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Lexington, Kentucky, man, Eddie Tapia, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday, before U.S. District Court Judge Karen Caldwell, to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Westmoreland County pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal wire fraud and mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, charged in two separate indictments, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park crews completed debris removal along the northbound Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge this evening at approximately 5:30 p.m. Both lanes are reopened to all traffic. Park crews received assistance from the Federal Highways Administration and contractors to complete the work.
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.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Proposal: Falling Short of Protecting Public Health:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Warren Louis Taylor, Jr., age 48, of Suitland, Maryland, to 66 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The sentence was imposed on Feb. 10, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: GLEN JEAN, WV- New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced that the park will host a community meeting on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center in Lansing, WV. Park staff will present an overview of upcoming park projects and then allow time for questions and answers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former owner of a Ramsey, New Jersey, car dealership is scheduled to make his initial court appearance and be arraigned today on charges that he defrauded his customers and lenders, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “EPA’s Lead and Copper Proposal: Failing to Protect Public Health."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Aaron Mitchell, 31, of the 8700 block of Oriole in St. Louis, was sentenced today to 34 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges involving a federal income tax refund scheme. Mitchell appeared before United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig who also ordered him to pay $99,576.00 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta, of the Republic of Guatemala, joined United States Attorney Joseph D. Brown, Adam Cohen, Director of the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARIO AMILCAR ESTRADA ORELLANA (“ESTRADA"), was sentenced to 180 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to import and distribute tons of cocaine to the United States. ESTRADA previously pled guilty to participating in a cocaine importation conspiracy before United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette released the following statement following the release of a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on global emissions...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at Moshannon Valley Correctional Center in Philipsburg, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and immediately following, was sentenced to two months in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: A judge in Del Rio sentenced a Mexican national to 30 years in federal prison for his role in various smuggling schemes involving drugs, firearms and humans out of Piedras Negras, Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division.
