News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Government Contractor Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for $3.7 Million Procurement Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint today against the State of New Jersey, Governor Philip Murphy, and state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal challenging two aspects of New Jersey Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive 2018-6.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Ismael Quintero Arellanes was Captured in Mexico on Jan. 29, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $187 million in funding, including $48 million of cost share, for 55 projects in 25 states to support innovative advanced manufacturing research and development. These projects address high-impact manufacturing technology, materials...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Jarrett William Smith, 24, Ft. Riley, Kan., pleaded guilty today to unlawfully distributing instructions for making explosive devices over social media while he was a member of the U.S. Army, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On February 6, 2020, U.S. District Judge James A. Soto sentenced defendant Morgan Alek Forrester to 21 months in prison. As part of his sentence, Forrester was also ordered to pay $176,000 in restitution. Forrester is one of four codefendants who have been charged in this conspiracy. Forrester previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $74 million for 63 selected projects to research, develop, and test energy-efficient and flexible building technologies, systems, and construction practices to improve the energy performance of our Nation’s buildings and electric grid. Awardees include National Laboratories, universities, small businesses, and industry partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: In his speech today regarding so-called sanctuary jurisdictions, Attorney General Barr highlighted the dangers that sanctuary policies pose to public safety. Jurisdictions with these policies prevent or limit their law enforcement officials from working with their federal law enforcement partners. One...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Tank Vessel Operator Convicted of Unlawful Discharge of Bilge Waste, Agrees to Pay $1.75 Million Fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Reno, Nev.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a multi-day competitive oil and gas lease sale beginning on Tuesday, March 24. The agency will offer 45 parcels for lease totaling approximately 73,591 acres in Lander and Nye Counties in Nevada. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced MS-13 gang member Carlos Alas Brizuela, a/k/a “Truco" and “Stewie," age 29, to 32 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on a federal racketeering charge related to his participation in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically MS-13, including two murders, two attempted murders, and a kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the release of the Trump Administration FY 2021 budget...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANTE BARNES, also known as “Tre," 31, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: TEMPE, Ariz. - The Bureau of Reclamation will host the winter meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group Federal Advisory Committee on February 12 and 13 in Tempe, Arizona. The AMWG brings together diverse partners and stakeholders along the Colorado River to provide recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and related scientific research and management actions.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Filemon Vela, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa, and Committee Members Cindy Axne, Salud Carbajal, Josh Harder, and TJ Cox welcomed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - United States Attorney Joe Brown today applauded the speech of United States Attorney General William Barr to the National Sheriffs’ Association criticizing the state and local governments which have refused to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Angwin, age 30, of Holland Patent, New York, was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
