News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD BURNS, 62, of Milford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel yesterday sentenced Saul Eady, age 36, of Los Angeles, California, to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in connection with drug trafficking charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chairwoman Judy Chu, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Karen Bass, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro announced the Census Bureau’s community partners for the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Defendant Caught with Almost 100 Pounds of Meth, 10 Pounds of Heroin Smuggled into U.S. From Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Law enforcement seized more than a kilo of suspected heroin and fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: In celebration of National Poetry Month, poet Jodie Hollander will lead a series of free workshops across Arizona’s national parks and monuments. On April 24th, 2020, Jodie will be in the Verde Valley leading a workshop at Montezuma Well from 9am to noon. Later that evening we invite the public to join...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to ten years’ supervised release with 12 months home detention on his conviction of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: UPTON, N.Y. - EM is taking steps to demolish a distinctive red-and-white exhaust stack used for a small research reactor DOE shut down more than 20 years ago, pursuant to a Record of Decision signed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - On Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, the Martin Luther King, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging David Washington, a/k/a Dirty Dave, a/k/a Dirt, a/k/a Wavy Davey, 39, and Eleazar Martinez Medina, 50, with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of life in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn today raising concerns that FDA appears to be reconsidering proposed regulations that would set a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes in order to make them less addictive.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
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 EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on advanced nuclear energy technologies on Tuesday, March 3, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Advanced Nuclear Technology’s Role in a Decarbonized Future."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former federal immigration officer was sentenced today to nine months in prison for impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisor, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arkansas man will make his initial appearance in federal court at 2 p.m. today on charges relating to his alleged attempt at blowing up a vehicle at the Pentagon yesterday.
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 Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Ocean Springs, Miss. - Gulf Islands National Seashore will attempt to conduct a controlled burn in the Davis Bayou Area of the national seashore tomorrow (Wednesday, February 26) through Friday, February 28. Acceptable weather conditions are expected starting tomorrow. Visitors are advised to avoid the area west of Park Road, north of Robert McGhee Road, and north of the visitor center complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Emmett David Smart (29, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for arson of a residential apartment building. The court also ordered Smart to pay $148,920.09 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: The next time Big Pharma claims what we’re trying to do to lower drug prices undermines the free market, just remember: they supported Obamacare.
