News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today released the sale notice for the March 2020 oil and gas lease sale, which includes 105 parcels totaling about 118,292.7 acres. The sale will occur online at www.energynet.com on March 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAYREN JAKAR WYNN, 30, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 92 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jan. 22, 2020, Alex Barbu was sentenced in federal court to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Barbu received a thirty-nine month custody sentence for his part in an ATM skimming...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jacob Ebel, age 32, of Niverville, New York, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison after admitting that he distributed heroin and fentanyl to two people who died in Columbia County in July 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 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 Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Ryan P. Sheridan, 39, the owner and operator of Braking Point Recovery Center, which operated in the Youngstown and Columbus areas, was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for crimes related to a health care fraud conspiracy where Medicaid was billed $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services, much of which were not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Darlene Michelle Sturdevant, 61, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area, possessing with intent to distribute heroin, and committing an offense while on release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Valdivia Del Valle, a citizen of Mexico, was indicted today on an illegal reentry charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalvasent a letter to Alexander H. Herrgott, the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, opposing the Council’s recent decision to expedite permit approvals for the hardrock mining industry. Chair Grijalva warns that this move demonstrates a disregard for public health and the environmental risks of these mining activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Hancock man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Bangor to possessing with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 5, on e-cigarette use in the United States. Testimony will be provided...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Empowering and Connecting Communities through Digital Equity and Internet Adoption."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former cruise line service representative pleaded guilty today to threatening a customer over the phone, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a contract negotiation session with Santa Clara Valley Water District on Jan. 29, 2020. The session will address a second amendment to Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Contract No. 7-07-20-W0023, dated June 7, 1977, to replace the existing Article 9 and add language to provide for the points of delivery to be modified by mutual agreement consistent with the Central Valley Project-wide form of contract.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Empowering and Connecting Communities through Digital Equity and Internet Adoption."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 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 Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs."
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO), and 36 Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to raise serious concerns with the FCC’s plan to redirect more than half the 5.9 GHz spectrum band.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Princeton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Bangor to distributing cocaine base (crack), United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Empowering and Connecting Communities through Digital Equity and Internet Adoption."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Sexually assaulted a 22-year-old who was disabled by prescribed medication and alcohol.
