News from January 2020
By DOT News Wire | Jan 17, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 17, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 17, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 17, 2020
The US Justice Department published a nine page proposed rule on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 17, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 17, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: TAMPA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Tampa partnered with Clear Channel Outdoor on a Tampa Bay area human trafficking awareness outreach campaign using billboards across the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett has pleaded guilty to mail fraud related to a scheme in which he falsely claimed to be a member of the Moroccan Royal Family to defraud business owners around the country to pay an advance fee before obtaining millions in business loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Shelley Griffith, 29, a former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) officer, was sentenced today in Jackson, Mississippi, by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan II of the Southern District of Mississippi to serve 70 months in prison for her role in assaulting an inmate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) in Rankin County, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago investment manager has been indicted for allegedly swindling money from women he met through online dating services.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Four defendants were found guilty, Jan. 17, after a nine-day jury trial for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and making false statements regarding that fraud to the government. No sentencing date has been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland political consultant was sentenced to three years in prison today followed by three years of supervised release for fraudulently soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions through several scam political action committees (PACs) that he founded and advertised as supporting candidates for office and other political causes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Alexandr Stricharskiy, 40, of Meridian, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison for distributing fifty grams or more of pure methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Stricharskiy to pay a $2,500 fine and serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Stricharskiy pleaded guilty to the charge on April 18, 2019.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Dear Admiral Foggo: I write to express my concern with an interview you gave on Dec. 16, 2019 to European Western Balkans news service while visiting Belgrade, Serbia. In your interview, you made several comments about NATO-Serbian cooperation which do not adequately reflect United States policy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Jason R. Dunn today announced that Robert Eugene Hybertson, age 61, of Brighton, Colorado was sentenced to time served, which constitutes approximately 20 months’ imprisonment for failure to file a tax return and for fraudulently concealing facts relevant to Social Security Disability payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging RICHARD WONG, GABRIELA...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 17, 2020 - Cecil Clint Woodard, 42, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Eli J. Richardson to 45 years in federal prison for child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - After a nine-day trial, a federal jury found Terrick Robinson, of Cartersville, Georgia, guilty of drug distribution resulting in death and a myriad of other charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Winter weather and the resulting heavy snow load on trees continues to create hazardous driving and working conditions at Mount Rainier National Park. As a result, the Nisqually Entrance near Ashford is expected to remain closed throughout the holiday weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
Release: Today, USDA announced a proposed rule aimed at increasing flexibilities for school nutrition professionals based on the feedback received directly and consistently from those who operate the program on-the-ground day in and day out. After more than 2 years of listening to its stakeholders, proactively...
