News from February 2020
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal. The Administration calls for a $21.8 billion cut to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on top of a $239 billion cut to Farm Bill investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ismael Quintero Arellanes with participating in an international conspiracy to manufacture and distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana and unlawful use of firearms as part of the Rafael Caro...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Prior Felony Convictions Include Fleeing From Police, Possessing a Pipe Bomb, Unlawfully Possessing a Handgun, and Possessing a Short-Barreled Shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of JARED ROSS BOSWELL, 33, to 145 months in prison for distributing child pornography. BOSWELL, who pleaded guilty on Aug. 15, 2019, was sentenced today before Judge Donovan W. Frank in U.S. District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Feb. 3, 2020, Orlando Lester Aguilla, of Sells, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Raner Collins to 33 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years’ supervised release. Aguilla had previously pleaded guilty to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the launch of SchoolSafety.gov Monday, the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse where parents and educators can find recommendations and best practices schools can implement to improve school security. The clearinghouse will also provide information on available federal resources and grant programs that can be used toward these safety measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: SHOPLIFTING SCHEMES FEED ADDICTION CRISIS AND COST JOBS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Feb. 10, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - P-56, a 4 to 5-year-old male mountain lion that was living in the western Santa Monica Mountains south of the 101 Freeway, was recently killed under state depredation law. This marks the first time that a radio-collared mountain lion has been killed under a California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) depredation permit in the Santa Monica Mountains.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Hundred, West Virginia, 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 10, 2020
News Release: Travis Day Robbed the Valero Fast Mart in Marion in April 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Edwin Rodriguez, aka “Chaka," 31, of Amsterdam, N.Y., pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a Hyde Park auto body shop was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with preparing false tax returns for his company, Automotive Specialties Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, provides the below statement on the sanctuary jurisdiction legal action announced today by Attorney General William P. Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to more than nine years in prison on a federal gun charge, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. U.S. District Judge Clay Land sentenced Arrington Culpepper, 34, of Columbus, to 115 months in prison, after Culpepper pleaded guilty to one count possession of a stolen firearm. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging two Colombian nationals for their role in transporting nearly 1,000 kilograms of cocaine aboard a semi-submersible vessel that was seized last month by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Ecuador.
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 Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today issued the following statement on President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2020
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost has announced the selection of Teri Gage as superintendent of Pullman National Monument in Illinois. A 32-year veteran of the NPS, Gage is currently chief of business services at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin and will assume her new role in April 2020.
