News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Latasha Moore, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for accepting more than $140,000 in bribes from John Woods, who was a consultant and independent contractor who did business with the D.C. government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Defendant bribed doctors to prescribe highly addictive opioid often when medically unnecessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Harrison, of Pine Grove, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 34 months incarceration for a firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - David Jahve Nin, 40, of Salida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 16 years and eight months in prison for receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - The U.S. Marshals Service, Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Justin Chapman 29, of Martinsburg, WV. On January 7, 2019, a warrant for Justin Chapman was issued by the West Virginia Department of Corrections. Chapman violated his state parole. Justin Chapman was on parole stemming from a previous robbery charge.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Martha L. Williams, 42, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty today to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Elijah Stevarus Hallman, 30, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 231 months in prison in connection with the armed robberies of two fast food restaurants, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray. Hallman was also ordered to serve three years under supervised release after he is released from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10:30 am...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Davonte Gary, 21, and Johnathan Johnson, 26, have been indicted for assaulting correctional officers. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the indictments today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Supreme Court declined to expedite its decision on whether to take up the Republican lawsuit to throw out the entire Affordable Care Act, including protections for pre-existing conditions...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
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: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A Decatur, Ill., man, Daniel C. Miner, Jr., 53, has been sentenced for bankruptcy fraud. On Jan.16, 2020, U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough ordered Miner to serve weekends in jail for six months of a three-year term of supervised release. Miner was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,500 and to pay $5,242 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Has Prior Convictions for Burglary, Firearm Possession, and Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - RAMON MENDOZA-VILLEGAS. On Jan. 16, Ramon Mendoza-Villegas, 44, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, aiding and abetting. When Dallas Police Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Mendoza was a passenger, they found methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10:30 am...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM crews recently reached a significant milestone by modifying the 1,000th storage position for vitrified waste canisters at the Savannah River Site (SRS), a space-saving project that avoids the more than $100 million cost of building an additional storage area.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
