News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Popish, age 41, of Pittston, was sentenced on February 4, 2020, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to 80 months’ imprisonment followed by three years on supervised release for his role in a Luzerne County-based drug conspiracy that obtained and distributed large quantities of alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts," during 2014 and 2015.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing, “Oversight of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Richard Boyle, a/k/a the “Straw Hat Bandit," 60, of Doylestown, PA, was sentenced today to 852 months’ imprisonment, five years’ supervised release and ordered to pay $495,000 restitution by United States District Court Judge Gene E.K. Pratter for committing 11 bank robberies, using a firearm during the commission of 10 of those robberies, and laundering the stolen proceeds.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, February 12 at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on six bills to improve energy efficiency and storage. The hearing is entitled, “Saving Energy: Legislation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Storage."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Announces Investigation into Conditions in Four Mississippi Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - “Kimberly PD Officer Nick O’Rear’s end of watch has come to soon. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and fellow officers. This tragedy is yet another heartbreaking reminder of the dangers all law enforcement face while we enjoy the safety they provide us. We must...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) calling for a hearing on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) new proposal to modernize Medicaid, the Healthy Adult Opportunity, before having the House vote on a rushed resolution of disapproval.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently collaborated with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), External Affairs, and the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), as well as various public safety and emergency...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, February 12 at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on six bills to improve energy efficiency and storage. The hearing is entitled, “Saving Energy: Legislation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Storage."
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on H.R. 2975, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019. The hearing is entitled, “Protecting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Kerrville, Texas, Feb. 21-22 at the Hill Country Youth Event Center. The two-day event, featuring 75 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 22. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD - Seven Rockford residents have been arrested by law enforcement officers on federal drug-trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations hearing titled ““Vaping in America: E-Cigarette Manufacturers’ Impact on Public Health:"
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at a subcommittee hearing on the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Aikens set off an explosive device nearby a payday lender in an attempt to extort $10,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The last defendant in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy was sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two alleged members of a Jersey City gang have been charged with the June 30, 2018, shooting of five people, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Grundy County businessman has been charged with fraud for allegedly orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $75 million from more than 500 investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man pleaded guilty today to federal fraud and tax offenses in connection with a $9.6 million fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, released a staff memo detailing new information uncovered in the Subcommittee’s investigation of the youth vaping epidemic.
