News from February 2020
By DOE Gazette | Feb 20, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 20, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 20, 2020
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that it is seeking public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify the definition of “unfair and deceptive practices” by airlines and ticket agents in air transportation. Most of the Department’s aviation consumer protection regulations, such as the Department’s tarmac delay rule and rules on overbooking, are based on the Department’s authority to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices.
By State Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: TBILISI, Georgia - Today, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Director Chris Socha met with the leaders of Shame, Dare, and Change, three Georgian youth movements. He discussed the current political climate in Georgia and the important role that groups like these can play to deepen Georgia's democratic traditions. He noted that their voices and support are vital to the long-term success of Georgia's democracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daumoniqe Jackson, age 22, and Christopher De Codio, age 24, both of Brooklyn, New York, were indicted on Feb. 19, 2020, by a federal grand jury for passing counterfeit U.S. currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - The former owner of Mr. Tax, Etc., a tax preparation business, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $1,000,000 in restitution after admitting he manipulated and falsified client information on filed tax returns, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIEN PENNELL, 31, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for using the internet to download and view child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Defendant fraudulently transferred pension plan assets to his personal bank account.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Honorable Judith C. Herrera, Senior United States District Judge, sentenced Vidal Sandoval, 50, of Cimarron, New Mexico, to 87 months in federal prison today for drug trafficking and theft of government property committed while Sandoval was a deputy sheriff in Colfax County, New Mexico.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daniel Lee Boose, age 37, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 19, 2020, by a federal grand jury with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that AARON JEFFREY DENN, age 35, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana was sentenced on Feb. 18, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone to three years’ probation, with conditions that the first 12 months be served on home confinement and that DENN perform 100 hours of community service. Judge Zainey additionally imposed a fine of $6,000.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site preserves and protects the birthplace of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States. Flooding of Hoover Creek has always challenged park stewards, but more frequent heavy rainfall events in recent years has increased the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Simeon Hernandez-Ortiz, 24, of West Sacramento, charging him with possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK CITY - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Additional charges and more defendants have been added to two federal indictments that now charge a total of 21 defendants for their roles in separate conspiracies to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield, Missouri, area, resulting in the overdose deaths of at least two people.
By State Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals and the Norfolk Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a former professional fighter currently wanted for allegedly strangling an adult female that was known to him last month. Brian “The Lion" Collette, 32, has an outstanding arrest warrant for Aggravated Assault for an incident that occurred in Norfolk on January 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TAUREAN EDWARD FARRIOR, 35, of Wilmington to 144 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
