News from February 2020
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Salem, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Oregon District, Upper Willamette Field Office has released a revised Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Thurston Hills Non-Motorized Trails and Forest Management Project. In meeting a Federal Court Order issued in September 2019, the updated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Recorded His Sexual Abuse of Children in Photos and Videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that William A. Brown (“Brown") was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark to 12 months’ incarceration for wire fraud on Jan. 29, 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has ordered Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to pay $696,173 in lost back and future wages to a former employee who reported track defects, bringing the total paid to the whistleblower to more than $1.74 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on challenges and opportunities around strengthening community recycling programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Evans City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a bank robbery charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Modernizing the Natural Gas Act to Ensure it Works for Everyone:"
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: 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 Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - Pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, working with the Department of Justice, Airbus SE (Airbus or the company), a global provider of civilian and military aircraft based in France, has agreed to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kwesi Noble, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison by Chief U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: On February 4, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected Susan Bala’s second attempt to obtain a “certificate of innocence," based on the Court’s previous decision finding that Bala was “not truly innocent of state criminal gaming law violations." United States v. Bala, No. 18-2849 (8th Cir. Feb. 4, 2020); United States v. Racing Servs., Inc., 580 F.3d 710 (8th Cir. 2009).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Lee Gray, II, of Marshall, Virginia, was sentenced today to 78 months incarceration for his involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Mario D. Heatly (39, St. Petersburg) to nine years and four months years in federal prison for possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute it.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: Eight people have been charged in a 12-count federal indictment alleging a brazen drug-trafficking conspiracy in and around Laurens County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Two defendants involved in a stolen identity and tax refund fraud scheme were sentenced to federal prison terms by U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke. The scheme involved using stolen identities to file fraudulent income tax returns that falsely claimed refunds.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: “Once again, President Trump proved he will stand strong to secure our borders. Under his leadership, DHS has implemented a series of common sense reforms that utilize the authorities granted to us by Congress. We’ve built more than 100 miles of new border wall system and reduced the number of illegal ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: ANTLERS, Okla., Feb. 4, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Dr. Lee Denney announced USDA has invested $13.3 million in two, high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 1,000 rural households in southeastern Oklahoma. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., February 4, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Trump’s State of the Union address showcased our country’s relentless optimism and his vision of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: The United States has filed a civil suit in the Eastern District of Texas seeking to bar Desmond I. Chizoba from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint also requests that the court require Chizoba, ...
