News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- The United States Attorney's Office is sponsoring the 17th Annual Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Logo Contest. The statewide contest welcomes students to illustrate how we can help prevent gun violence in our schools by designing a logo for use on upcoming PSN publications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man convicted at a bench trial of methamphetamine distribution crimes was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs" - areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. While continuing to...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to provide orientation and historic information to visitors at Mingus Mill, located one half mile north of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, North Carolina. Volunteers will work alongside millers to help educate visitors about the general role of milling in the Smokies, including the unique turbine wheel at Mingus Mill.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Gerome William Davis, age 22, of Beggs, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm And Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY -U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini today announced the arrest of a Smithtown man for allegedly posing as a medical professional and illegally operating a health clinic, at which he allegedly illegally sold and injected patients with steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Troy Gene Duchesne, age 29, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon in Possession of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Launched in January by U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) is a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization of next-generation energy storage technologies and sustain American global leadership in energy storage. The ESGC builds on the $158 million Advanced Energy Storage Initiative announced in President Trump's Fiscal Year 2020 budget request.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of possession of firearm by prohibited person was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schrerer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested on a federal child pornography charge for allegedly enticing an underage girl to produce sexually explicit videos of herself.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony Johnson, age 52, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2020, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 230 months’ imprisonment for his convictions on Hobbs Act robbery and firearms convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Richard Allan Griffin (59, Middleburg) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for possessing images depicting the sexual abuse of children. The court also ordered Griffin to forfeit a cellphone and pay a $10,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Treasurer of Multiple Political Action Committees Sentenced for Filing False Reports with the FEC.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), announced that the Subcommittee will hold a Members’ Day Hearing to examine Members’ priorities in development of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has appointed two new members to the Federal Aviation Administration ’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: A bill to ensure that Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds can be used by airports to incentivize early completion of critical runway and airport projects was introduced in the House by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Hassan and Abdurahim Nuriso, owners of the Somali specialty market Towfiq Market on Sullivant Avenue, with conspiring to commit food stamp and WIC fraud. The brothers redeemed more than $10 million in SNAP and WIC benefits at their store between 2010 and 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Fort Lee, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for generating phony tax refunds using personal identifying information stolen from current and former members of the U.S. army, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
