News from January 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: HARMONY, Minn., Jan. 17, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky announced USDA has invested $11 million in three, high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 1,395 rural households and nearly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Qushawn Brown, age 28, Wesley Garner, age 26, Anderson Ortiz, age 20, Tyquann Langston, age 24, Donza Brown, age 56, Jaionne Miller, age 19, Adieas Johnson, age 31, and Kaleaf Brown, age 24, all of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Huntsville, Alabama, woman has been ordered to prison following her conviction for knowingly attempting to smuggle 20 pounds of pure meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Jan. 15, 2020 Lakewood Credit Union Armed Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Quinton Jones, 40, of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: MIAMI, FL - Victor Manuel DeJesus, 47, of Miami-Dade County, a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Miami, pled guilty today to a 14-count indictment which included charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit bribery, bribery, and other offenses in connection with a scheme to provide contraband items to inmates at the federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. to request information on the FDA's process for approving complex generic drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 57-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
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 DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Philadelphia Energy Solutions for serious violations of safety and health hazards related to process safety management (PSM) following a fire and subsequent explosions at the company’s Girard Point Refinery Complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 2019. The company faces $132,600 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Jan. 16, 2020, Shane Leroy Robey, age 24, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Robey was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, the statutory maximum, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. to request information on the FDA's process for approving complex generic drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HAROLD COOK, also known as “Oink," 42, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of the impact the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) aging infrastructure has on patient access to quality health care and positive health outcomes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - On Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, following a three-day trial in Greensboro, a jury in federal court found a High Point resident guilty on four felony charges, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) for sleep apnea and other sleep-related disorders, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs, and other health care providers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that Thong Cao and his wife, Mai Cao, will be obligated to pay $160,000 in damages and civil penalties to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging that Thong Cao sexually harassed numerous female tenants since at least 2009 at residential properties...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Two members of a drug distribution organization that trafficked methamphetamine, heroin, oxycodone, cocaine, and other drugs from Georgia into Southwest Virginia were recently sentenced in federal court on drug conspiracy charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva today said the Trump administration’s five-day delay in responding to Puerto Rican Gov. Wanda Vazquez’s request for a major disaster declaration - and its newly announced, completely unreasonable conditions for releasing the disaster relief aid it has illegally...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. to request information on the FDA's process for approving complex generic drugs.
