News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pembroke Pines, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 21 months to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction for theft of mail, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Casa Grande Ruins National Monument will host a luminary event on Wednesday, February 12th. A short program will begin at 6:00 pm then time will be allowed until 8:00 pm for photography, self-guided exploration, and questions. The Friends of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, a non-profit organization that supports the park, will serve cookies and hot cocoa. Experience the monument after hours with glowing luminaries to light your way.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty today to two armed robberies at local hotels, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recognized January as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, a global issue the agency continues to fight.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for February 2020, which are effective February 1-Feb. 29, 2020. All February rates are the same as January’s.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Insulation Contracting Firm and Co-Owner Plead Guilty to Antitrust and Fraud Charges.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif - The Bureau of Land Management will oversee pile burning on approximately 20 acres in the Cameron Park Unit of the Pine Hill Preserve in El Dorado County in the coming months. Burn operations are scheduled to start this week and will take roughly 30 days until the end of April, depending on weather, air quality and resource availability.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A New Bedford man appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence today and admitted that on at least four occasions he served as a middle-man in the sale and delivery of crack cocaine to an individual in Rhode Island.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner on a new Energy Sector Pathfinder initiative. The goals of this initiative are to advance information sharing, improve training and education to understand systemic risks, and develop joint operational preparedness and response activities to cybersecurity threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 34-year-old citizen of Mexico has pleaded guilty to importing a large quantity of marijuana into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- James Everett Smith, 51, of Booneville, Kentucky, admitted in federal court Monday, before U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, that he possessed with intent to distribute 500 grams of more of methamphetamine and possessed a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man today admitted to robbing two banks within a span of four-weeks in mid-summer 2019, by presenting tellers with threatening notes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Matthew Core, 38, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of reproduced U.S. Postal Service keys, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A New Bedford man appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence today and admitted that on at least four occasions he served as a middle-man in the sale and delivery of crack cocaine to an individual in Rhode Island.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation recently released The State of the Infrastructure: A Joint Report by the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The two agencies have a long history of collaboration to construct, operate and maintain the nation’s crucial water-related infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Roger Taylor, a/k/a Milk, age 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), and to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Taylor, a fugitive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven today found FRANCISCO LOPEZ, 33, of Waterbury, guilty of heroin distribution offenses. The trial before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall began on January 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOMINQUE PERRY, 24, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing a federal law enforcement vehicle and equipment. Judge Chatigny also ordered Perry to serve four months of home confinement while on supervised release.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, and Representatives Ted Yoho, Mike Turner and Mike Gallagher today introduced a resolution denouncing the United Kingdom’s decision that would allow a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled company, Huawei, to build part of their 5G networks.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Monday presented the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office a check for over $460,000 for assisting in a successful investigation into an international illegal online gambling organization.
