News from February 2020
By USDA Wire | Feb 3, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 3, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 3, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Barbara Doutt Forbes, 58, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty today to one count of tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Andrea Manassa was sentenced to 123 months of imprisonment on Jan. 23, 2020. Manassa pled guilty in July of 2019 to two charges-possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A South Carolina physician pled guilty to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. William Earley, D.O., 63, pled guilty to distributing oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional medical practice and beyond the bounds of medical practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison on a federal carjacking conviction, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Daniel Davis, 44, a former major at Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found guilty by a jury yesterday in federal court for his participation in the beating of an inmate who was handcuffed, shackled, and not resisting and for failing to intervene to stop his subordinates from...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - After a four-day jury trial, Victor M. Ortiz-Díaz, a.k.a. “Manolito", former mayor of the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, was found guilty of one count of bribery, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. United States District Court Judge Jay A. Garcia-Gregory presided over the trial. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Port Angeles, WA - Olympic National Park is requesting public comment on a proposal to increase the daily fee for overnight stays at eight of the thirteen park campgrounds. A review completed in fall 2019 recommended each park campground’s fees remain the same or increase based on other comparable campground facilities nearby.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Quleton Monix (36, Bradenton) to seven years and nine months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The court also ordered Monix to forfeit the firearm and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today described how the committee’s prescription drug pricing reform bill, passed by the committee with an overwhelming bipartisan vote in July and updated in December, will help control the cost of insulin and help Americans with diabetes. Grassley and Wyden also provided a brief update on the status of their investigation into how these drugs are priced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of WILLIAM KYLE SUTOR III, 37, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. SUTOR, who was charged by felony Information on Dec. 30, 2019, entered his plea today before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota. SUTOR will be sentenced at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Darell Leon Hardin was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Jan. 14, 2020 for his participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Hardin pled guilty to the charge in August of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison on a federal carjacking conviction, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - On Feb. 12, 2020 Casa Grande Ruins will host Casa Grande Ruins’ own Pam Tripp as part of its annual speaker series. The presentation will begin at noon on February 12 featuring Pam Tripp who will present a lecture titled "The National Park Service: Inspiring a Nation to Protect America’s Lands". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at noon through March 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: An armed carjacker who led police on a wild chase across Northeast Dallas was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter warning Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that the Committee may issue a subpoena to compel her testimony following her refusal to appear at a public hearing and instead attend campaign events in Iowa and Pennsylvania this week on behalf of President Trump.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is seeking bids for off-range pastures to provide a free-roaming environment and quality care for excess wild horses removed from Western public rangelands. The solicitation specifically targets the states of Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska; bids...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Catholic Diocese employee embezzled fees for immigration assistance.
