News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Robert Zavala Jr., 24, and Moises Garcia DeLeon, 27, both of Soledad, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Christian Uriel Garcia Andrade, 36, of Huron, pleaded guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold an open house on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Central Coast Field Office, 940 2nd Avenue, Marina, to gather public input for a potential off-highway vehicle grant proposal to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division for the Williams Hill Management Area near San Ardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Diego Sanchez-Lopez, 25, of Clark County, Washington, known locally as the “Froggy Robber," was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for armed bank robbery.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Paducah Infrastructure Support Services Contract (PAD Infrastructure), located in the Paducah, Kentucky. The primary objective of this contract is to perform infrastructure services at the Paducah Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michael Stine, 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for being a felon in possession of a firearm. There is no parole in the federal system. Following his release from prison, Stine will serve 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Chris Donell Smith, 56, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Benjamin Campbell, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance innovation in energy efficient plastics recycling and reduce waste through enhanced recovery of post-use plastics.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 32-year-old Laredo man has entered a guilty plea to conspiring to transport undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: The Court Enhanced the Defendant’s Sentence Due to Multiple Prior Drug Convictions.
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, announced that James Carroll, the Director of the Office of the National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has agreed to testify at a hearing on Feb. 27, 2020. The hearing will examine the recently released 2020 National Drug Control Strategy and the Administration’s response to the ongoing drug epidemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of the ongoing investigation into whether President Donald Trump directed his cabinet to intervene on behalf of Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, which is accused of the largest sanctions violation scheme in U.S. history, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Two defendants charged in relation to a more than $40 million securities fraud “pump and dump" conspiracy have now been ordered to prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PENN YAN, N.Y., Feb. 3, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for New York Richard Mayfield announced USDA has invested $10.3 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 2,875 rural households, 10 pre-subscribed...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) 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: Used His Company Credit Card to Make More Than $4.1 Million in Unauthorized Purchases to Promote His Brand and Enrich Himself and His Co-conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Federal Court Orders North Carolina Pharmacy and Pharmacist to Pay $600,000 and to Permanently Cease Dispensing Opioids or Other Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on Jan. 31, 2020, a federal jury in New Haven found DEWAYNE JOYNER, also known as “Weezy," 35, of Bridgeport, guilty of heroin distribution offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: LAPWAI, ID - Are you interested in a summer position with the National Park Service? Nez Perce National Historical Park is recruiting up to 4 individuals for its Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program. The 9 week program starts Monday, June 8 and ends Friday to August 7, 2020. Enrollees work 40 hours per week at $9.25 per hour. Applications must be submitted by Friday, March 27, 2020.
