News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Scotty Dale Johnson, 48, of Richmond, Kentucky, was indicted earlier this month in federal court, for producing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Feb. 24, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Javier Aguilera, 27, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by Judge Philip P. Simon to 216 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 46 months in prison and six years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Lexington businessman was convicted on Monday evening, by a federal jury sitting in Frankfort, of charges related to the obstruction of a federal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A Helena man who admitted brandishing a firearm while he and co-defendants robbed a couple involved in trafficking heroin was sentenced today to 11 years and seven months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Antoine Clark, 30, Gerald Spruell, 32, and Daniel Robinson, 36, all of Philadelphia, PA, were convicted after more than two weeks at trial of charges including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: The rule requires specific training for newly-hired pilots and supplemental training for captains.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in Buchanan, Clinton, and Nodaway counties in Missouri.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), testified in front of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) about the Trump administration's proposed regulations that would drastically change the implementation of the 50-year National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, March 3, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting an Epidemic: Legislation to Help Patients with Substance Use Disorders."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former co-owner of a Union City, New Jersey, pharmacy today admitted his role in a scheme to pay bribes to health care professionals and evading taxes on $33.9 million in income, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Andre Hager, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for his role in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Antoine Clark, 30, Gerald Spruell, 32, and Daniel Robinson, 36, all of Philadelphia, PA, were convicted after more than two weeks at trial of charges including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Greene County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Swinton pointed a firearm at a police officer.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
Release: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that, effective immediately, U.S. wheat may now be shipped to Kenya regardless of state of origin or port of export. This important step will allow U.S. wheat from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to be added to the list of states that can ship ...
By DOE 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.
