News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edward Banks, 47, of Washington, DC pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter. The incident occurred on Aug. 18, 2019 at the homeless shelter located at 2700 Martin Luther King Avenue, SE, U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Edward Taylor, 64, Fruitport, Michigan, was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker for engaging in a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. Magistrate Judge Crocker imposed a $10,000 fine payable to the Lacey Act Reward Fund, in care of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Taylor paid the fine immediately.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the latest coronavirus updates, including the Administration’s funding request.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning on charges that he induced a minor to send him sexually explicit pictures and to engage in sexually explicit conduct over an online messaging service, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Springdale, AR - On the evening of Feb. 24, 2020, the U.S. Marshals led Western Arkansas Fugitive Task Force (WATF) captured German Diaz, who was wanted by Lyon County, Kansas authorities for rape. In this particular case, the suspect was over 18 years old and the victim was under the age of 14.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Work is progressing at the Hanford Site to move radioactive capsules from a water-filled basin to safer, dry storage.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: 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 today 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: PITTSBURGH - A former Beaver County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months’ imprisonment and 7 years’ supervised release on his conviction of distribution of images depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone seeking documents regarding recent reports that John McEntee-President Trump’s former personal assistant who was reportedly fired for troubling conduct-has been rehired to lead the office that vets individuals for employment in the Executive Branch and the White House.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Defendant Fought Jackson Police Officer, Possessed Two Illegal Firearms at Separate Times on Same Day.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Saguaro National Park seeks Public Assistance in Identifying Persons of Interest Tucson, AZ.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Bismarck - U.S. Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that on Feb. 25, 2020, Charles Joseph Folk, Age 42 of Bismarck, ND, made his initial court appearance to face federal theft charges. A federal grand jury has indicted Folk on a single count of theft of government property. Specifically, over a two...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service will offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan in 2020. In anticipation of large spring break crowds, the route will begin March 1. The Tusayan Route will run daily at 20-minute intervals between 8 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Eleven people were charged today for their roles as members and associates of a drug trafficking organization involved in the distribution of narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base (crack) in the Stephen Crane Village Housing Complex in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake woman pleaded guilty today to lying to Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigators about an alleged sexual assault that occurred aboard Naval Station Norfolk.
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 DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced $6.7 million in funding for four university-led research projects to design and develop approaches to integrate Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. Specifically, these projects aim to provide the energy infrastructure community with robust, scalable methods to interface with advanced IoT technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The final federal defendant in a sweep targeting the worst criminals in Augusta’s highest-crime area has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison.
