News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced to six months in prison for illegally accessing the medical records of six veterans, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeffrey Miller, 40, a former Veterans Benefits Administration employee, was also sentenced to one year of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Chery Creek, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service, in collaboration with The Conservation Fund, recently acquired a 35-acre parcel located within the administrative boundary of Grand Teton National Park. The parcel is located near the south boundary of the park on the west side of the Snake River near the park’s Granite Canyon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DOUGLAS RAY THOMAS, 49, to 51 months in prison for perpetrating a fraud scheme against a Duluth-based trucking company. THOMAS, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of failing to account for and pay over employment taxes on May 17, 2019, was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2020, before Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DOUGLAS RAY THOMAS, 49, to 51 months in prison for perpetrating a fraud scheme against a Duluth-based trucking company. THOMAS, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of failing to account for and pay over employment taxes on May 17, 2019, was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2020, before Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Gray Hawk, Kentucky, man, Mitchell Peters, 36, who previously admitted to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to 130 months on Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Wier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former Regional Sales Director for Insys Therapeutics was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in conspiring to bribe practitioners to prescribe Subsys, a fentanyl-based pain medication.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comment on a proposal to segregate six parcels of public land, totaling 400 acres in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties, from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws. During the segregation period, the...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have come up with a new way to raise safety awareness, just in time for 2020: a calendar featuring drawings depicting general safety practices created by the children of employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that today WESLEY T. BISHOP, age 52, of New Orleans pleaded guilty to making a false statement, a crime punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. BISHOP admitted to knowingly and willfully making a false, material statement to the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE -- A Skagit County resident who operated businesses in Burlington and Sedro Woolley, Washington was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2020, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 18 months in prison for his role in knowingly laundering cash drug proceeds for a drug cartel. Orlando Barajas, 41, owns and operates...
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
Release: More information about Papua New Guinea is available on the Papua New Guinea country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: San Antonio, TX - Pierson Hannah was arrested today on an outstanding warrant involving 3 counts of aggravated robbery by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) in Waco, TX.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Workers have replaced the roof of a laboratory important to the Savannah River Site (SRS), ensuring the facility will continue safely housing University of Georgia (UGA) staff, students, and equipment, and the school’s animal care program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Irwin, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE. Week of Jan. 27, 2020. [new]. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee Hearing. RE: “To Review Implementation of Farm Bill Conservation Programs".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced West Clark, age 40, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 54 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced Clark to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm involved be forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Also Pled Guilty to Possessing Multiple Guns to Further His Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced the return of an indictment on Jan. 21, 2020, charging a St. Croix man, Mario Felix, with felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm within a school zone. Felix will be arraigned on Jan. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Defendants in three separate cases appeared in federal court on meth charges, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
