News from February 2020
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: “These funds help impacted fisheries recover from recent disasters and make them more resilient to future challenges," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “This allocation supports the hard-working American fishing communities suffering from impacts beyond their control."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Donora, PA, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: The Government Has Filed a Notice of Appeal and Will Be Moving for a Stay of the District Court’s Final Order Pending Appeal to the Third Circuit.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Craig M. Killmeyer, age 54, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was charged on Feb. 24, 2020, in a criminal information with exploitation of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today charged a sergeant with the Paterson Police Department with conspiring with other officers to violate individuals’ civil rights, and submitting a false police report to conceal their illegal activity, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cornelius Stewart, 25, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to pass counterfeit U.S. currency at numerous merchants in Wisconsin in early 2019. Stewart pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge on Dec. 13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wayne Payne, 63 of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Government Accountability Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CLF Construction Inc. and Toll Brothers Inc. for exposing employees to fall hazards after a CLF employee suffered fatal injuries in a fall at a worksite in Media, Pennsylvania. OSHA proposed $170,560 in penalties for Philadelphia-based subcontractor CLF Construction, and $74,217 for Horsham, Pennsylvania-based general contractor Toll Brothers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced James Bailey (33, Plant City) to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Bailey to forfeit the firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bowling Green real estate attorney H. Harris Pepper, Jr. entered a guilty plea to money laundering, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Donora, PA, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban man has been sentenced to more than a dozen years in federal prison for amassing a collection of nearly 200,000 images and videos of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Department of Education.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Washington Examiner . Paul Bedard. Feb. 26, 2020. President Trump, hit unexpectedly with the coronavirus scare and facing voter pressure to focus on healthcare, is hastily moving to push a package through Congress to help people facing growing medical costs, an agenda sidelined last year by the impeachment...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Clarence Ransom, 52, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, appeared in federal court in Las Cruces today for arraignment on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, attempted production of child pornography, solicitation of child pornography, committing a federal offense as a registered sex offender, international parental kidnapping, and failure to report international travel as a sex offender.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Patrick County, Virginia, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to drought that occurred July 15 through Oct. 31, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
