News from February 2020
By DOT News Wire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a final rule aimed at enhancing the professional development of air carrier pilots . The Pilot Professional Development rule requires specific training for newly-hired pilots and supplemental training for captains.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint employer rule, which will make it harder for workers to organize a union...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Claudio-Suarez, also known as “Willy," 34, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven-based drug trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 35-year-old resident of Laredo has been ordered to federal prison after he admitted to conspiring to transport aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced that yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ray Davis, 30, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of two counts of sex trafficking, one count of sex trafficking conspiracy, two counts of production of child pornography, and two counts of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Every day, human and drug traffickers, smugglers, criminals and terrorists attempt to enter the U.S. through one of our 328 ports of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for preventing these unlawful entries by securing and screening nearly one million people at our ports of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Letroy Vaughn, 28, of Akron pleaded guilty today to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl with a sentencing enhancement for causing the death of another.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Mackenzie Davis, 25, a former Ranger with the Hopi Law Enforcement Services, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, to 51 months in prison for sexually assaulting a female arrestee in his custody and destroying evidence to cover up his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense with Your Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - CHRISTOPHER JO STRINGER.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Southwick man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for sending two packages containing white powder to federal agencies in Springfield.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced today that China has taken numerous actions to begin implementing its agriculture-related commitments under the landmark U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement on schedule. The agreement entered into force on Feb. 14, 2020. Read full release on USDA.gov
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Westbrook man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to distributing images of child exploitation, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man today admitted engaging in fraudulent activity that exposed victims to more than $1.5 million in losses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents seized nearly 127,000 counterfeit items, retailing at more than $2.5 million dollars, during a six-day enforcement action leading up to the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the President’s $5.3 billion budget request for the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) for Fiscal Year 2021. During the hearing, Murkowski addressed the importance of fire management, the need for sustainable timber harvesting and recreation access in Alaska, and the disturbing rise in firefighter suicides.
