News from February 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, announced details for the Committee’s markup and vote on a D.C. statehood bill on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 10:00 A.M. The Committee vote is the first congressional vote on DC statehood since 1993.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: On February 7, 2020, United States Attorney Christina E. Nolan announced the results of a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in Rutland, Vermont and the surrounding area. During the months-long operation conducted by federal, state, local, and county...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Project Guardian Gun Trafficker Guilty Plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NANCY CREDIDIO, the former manager of a car insurance brokerage, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for defrauding more than 1,100 victim customers out of more than $415,000. CREDIDIO previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud before United States District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 10 Virginia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On February 5, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey, sentenced Ricki Charles Hess, age 55, of North Liberty, to 144 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Hess was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment, pay $9,000 in restitution and $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and to comply with sex offender registry requirements upon release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Arkiest Young, 38, has pleaded guilty to attempted Hobbs Act business robbery. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty pleas today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Steve Edwards, 73, and Melanie Edwards, 61, of St. George, Utah, were sentenced in federal court this week by Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright for conspiracy to defraud the IRS and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Steve Edwards was sentenced yesterday to 36 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Melanie Edwards was sentenced today to 30 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 43 New York counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Bryan Torres, aka “Doughboy," of Houston to 20 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Drug Enforcement...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House today passed emergency supplemental appropriations legislation to provide support to Puerto Rico following a series of recent earthquakes. The legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On February 4, 2020, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Jeffrey Scott Walter, age 57, of Burlington, to 104 months in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Walter was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment, pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and comply with the sex offender registry requirements upon release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal jury today convicted a man from Kansas City, Kan., on drug and firearm charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who threatened a bank teller as he passed a note demanding cash is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on Thursday in a bank robbery that netted him $568.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Machete-wielding defendant said he liked ‘taste of victory’.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Twelve Self Help Tips for Coping in the Aftermath of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Defendant escaped from prison in Puerto Rico in 1994 while serving a 30-year sentence for second degree murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Defendants distributed methamphetamine and marijuana in the Southern District of Indiana.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today released the following statement on the surprise medical billing proposals from the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On February 5, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey, sentenced Ricki Charles Hess, age 55, of North Liberty, to 144 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Hess was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment, pay $9,000 in restitution and $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and to comply with sex offender registry requirements upon release.
