News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, Zacharia Allen Clark, age 30, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to more than 16 years in prison (200 months) after pleading guilty to being a Felon in Possession of Ammunition, announced United States...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Douglas Smith, Senior Wildlife Biologist at Yellowstone National Park, will speak on March 19, 2020, at 6:30 PM in the Lovell Visitor Center. As the last speaker in this three-part series, his presentation will have a blended approach, covering his research on wolves, elk, and birds in Yellowstone, the...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and Labor announced plans for a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, to discuss a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the National Apprenticeship Act. The hearing will be held by the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment at 10:15 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (TX-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Donald J. Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Company agrees to sell its business in Massachusetts and pay a $53 million fine, the largest criminal fine ever imposed under the Pipeline Safety Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz.-The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office announced there will be temporary restrictions on newly constructed access roads to allow for the construction of a 24,527-acre wind farm in the White Hills area, 40 miles northwest of Kingman (see map). Beginning Feb. 29, these new...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division was arrested today on charges related to his alleged role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events that occurred here in the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Valencia D. Williams has pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud. Williams received Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from the Social Security Administration because she claimed that she was so disabled by anxiety and depression that she spent most of her time in her room and could not work.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an initiative to have agency inspections focus on reducing workplace hazards that can lead to amputation injuries for workers in Delaware’s manufacturing industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Mattoon, Ill., man, Travis Tuggle, 38, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his leadership role in a network that trafficked highly pure ‘ice’ methamphetamine in East Central Illinois. On Feb. 18, 2020, U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Tuggle to the government’s recommended sentence, 360 months, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release upon completion of the prison term.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
Release: Summary: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making an environmental assessment available for public review and comment. This EA covers the environmental impacts of field testing a new vaccine to protect poultry chicks against Marek's ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Diamond, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to speak. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to hear from the CEOs of many credit unions from across the state of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 37-year old South Texas man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of AISHIA RENEE BELL, 49, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. BELL, who was charged by felony information on Jan. 29, 2020, entered her guilty plea today before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 12 defendants have pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Dante Tyler-El, age 54, of Landover, Maryland, pleaded guilty carjacking and to using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Tyler-El entered his guilty plea yesterday.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: The 13-mile Scenic Drive at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting March 1. This change happens yearly as days become longer and sunset is later in the day. The Visitor Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Tobias Sarazin, age 34, of Dubuque, Iowa, has been charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The charge is contained in an Indictment unsealed on Feb. 25, 2020, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
