News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 26, 2020 - Devan Javon Thompson, 31, of Madison, Tennessee, was charged yesterday in a criminal complaint, with carjacking; brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced updates to the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP). These updates include changes required by the 2018 Farm Bill as well as discretionary changes intended to improve the administration of the program and clarify existing program requirements.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, Poland’s Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski, and Poland’s Minister of Climate Michal Kurtyka held the third U.S.-Poland Strategic Dialogue ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking enthusiastic individuals interested in volunteering at Redwood National and State Parks’ Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center, located one mile south of Orick, Calif., off Highway 101. Volunteers at Kuchel Visitor Center work alongside park rangers to welcome thousands of park visitors every year and provide invaluable information and orientation regarding the parks’ natural, historical, and recreational resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Mallory Nooks, 31, of Fitchburg, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 60 months for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Trial dates in April 2020 have been scheduled for three Bloomington area men who have been indicted in separate cases on charges of child sex trafficking. A federal grand jury returned the indictments on Feb. 19, 2020, and the cases were unsealed as each made their respective initial appearances in federal court.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Guatemalan national, with convictions for kidnapping and murder, Feb. 17, on charges of illegal reentry after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedric Taylor, 45, of Jackson, who was arrested by Jackson Police officers in March for murder and released on bond by a local judge, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that, on Tues., Feb. 25, 2020, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) executed a series of search warrants as part of “Operation Cold Snap," resulting in federal charges against 16 individuals for federal firearm and drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced MICHAEL JERMAINE JACKSON, 35, of Spring Hope to 160 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “In the Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry."
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - A Georgia man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison Tuesday, followed by five years of supervised release, for illegally transporting 41.97 kilograms of 100% pure methamphetamine and 4.5 kilograms of heroin that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The sentencing...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “In the Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND - Unix Line PTE, Ltd., a Singapore-based shipping company, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The plea was received by the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Washington woman who admitted trafficking methamphetamine as part of a large drug distribution ring was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his fourth conviction of failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official Dwane Nevins, age 55, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for corruption offenses. The FBI’s Denver Field Office and the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division, Central Field Office, joined in today’s announcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, at 10:30 am in room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building on recycling...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced changes and promotions to his Committee staff.
