News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


News Release: 2019 Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics Overview.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man today admitted participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl from a drug mill in the Bronx to locations in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


BLM improves waterline, cites safety for temporary closures

News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is making final improvements to the water pipeline system in the Red Cliffs Recreation Area and will temporarily close the access road, campground and day use areas to protect worker safety, from January 27 to February 13. Hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians...


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Katherine Ann Waybright, of Montrose, West Virginia, has admitted to selling methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Former Secretary and Treasurer of Corsica Borough Pleads Guilty in $305K Fraud Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Corsica, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Rapid City Man Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on January 6, 2020, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Eagle Butte Man Charged with Assaulting a Federal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that am Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Fred Hood, a/k/a “Taylor Taylor," age 57, was sentenced today to time served (about 10.5 months in jail) for threatening to kill employees and residents of a Massachusetts veterans services program.


Fort Thompson Man Charged with Carjacking, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Robbery

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Carjacking, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Robbery.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Fred Hood, a/k/a “Taylor Taylor," age 57, was sentenced today to time served (about 10.5 months in jail) for threatening to kill employees and residents of a Massachusetts veterans services program.


New Jersey Woman Fraudulently Practicing Immigration Law in Northeast Philadelphia Pleads Guilty

News Release: The defendant told clients she was a lawyer who could secure for them legal immigration status.


Sludge Drum Project Progresses at Idaho Site Facility

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM crews have treated and repackaged 100 drums of radioactive sludge waste to date at the Accelerated Retrieval Project (ARP) VII facility at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS OMAR VAZQUEZ-MARTINEZ, 35, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.


House Health Leaders Call on HHS and DOL to Reduce Confusion and Financial Risks for Medicare-Eligible COBRA Beneficiaries

News Release: Today, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House committees with jurisdiction over health care sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia regarding challenges facing workers and retirees that can ...


News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Francisco Alarcon Badillo, age 28 and a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty on January 17 to selling crystal methamphetamine while employed at the Saratoga Race Course.


U.S. Relations With Vanuatu

Release: More information about Vanuatu is available on the Vanuatu country page, from other Department of State publications, and from other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.


Two More Defendants Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Home Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Two residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the full United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in support of the constitutionality of an Ohio law prohibiting abortion providers from performing an abortion they know is sought because of Down syndrome.


Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building Digital Defense with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building Digital Defense with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).