News from January 2020
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing, “Oversight of the Economic Development Administration." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Oversight of the Economic Development Administration."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced today that JESUS WILFREDO ENCARNACION, a/k/a “Jihadistsoldgier," “Jihadinhear," “Jihadinheart," “Lionofthegood," pled guilty to attempting...
By EPA 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: Defendant paid $9,000 to have online college classes taken on behalf of her son.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its partner the Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (RINS) are looking for volunteers from Richfield to Cedar City to help with raptor monitoring efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Michael L. Cooper, 40, of O’Fallon, Illinois, was charged in a federal complaint with distribution of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Epic Fresh Produce LLC satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $43,302 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transaction(s).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: COTTONWOOD, Idaho - People often think of a partner working with the Bureau of Land Management as a group or an individual working directly on the ground with the Agency. But the subtle partners- the ones who are behind the scenes- also play a significant role in helping the BLM make a difference on the landscape.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Defendant recruited and bribed corrupt and prolific prescribers of highly potent opioid.
By Commerce 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 DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: On Jan. 16, 2020, Palm Beach County resident Rodrick Domonique Jones was sentenced to 12½ years in prison, following his jury trial conviction for bank robbery and armed bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Administrative Record File for public review on the Meriwether Lewis Firing Range Site. The firing range is located on the north side of the Natchez Trace Parkway near Milepost 378, approximately 8 miles south of the Meriwether Lewis Monument and Campground, and has not been used since 2016. The site will be evaluated for potential presence of contaminants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Robert Dale Terry, 53, of Hazard, Kentucky, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison on Wednesday, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in furtherance of taking money by force, violence, and intimidation, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Weir.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge Guido Modano...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fentanyl distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Thomas Truitt Lott III, 33, of Leakesville, Mississippi, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Halil S. Ozerden to knowingly making a false statement to a firearms dealer when purchasing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- U.S. Attorney John W. Huber announced Wednesday that $16,113,273.52 in criminal and civil actions was collected in Utah during fiscal year 2019, which ended Sept. 30, 2019.
