News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA-A former resident of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - The Springfield Armory National Historic Site (NHS) visitor center and museum will be closed to visitors February 3 through March 31, 2020. The closure will allow for the park to complete critical systems upgrades. The National Park Service has contracted the services of Gardner Construction & Industrial Services, Inc. to complete the $1.6 million project.
By DOE 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: On January 9, 2020 United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced Jackson Alexander Vera Cabeza, an Ecuadorian national, for being caught in international water in the act of smuggling 1,916 kilograms of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service has designated five entrance fee-free days for 2020, the first one on Jan. 20 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. On each of these significant days of celebration or commemoration, all national parks will waive recreation entrance fees. Everglades National Park is one of 110 National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that David W. Miller, Jr., of Warminster, PA has agreed to pay the United States $12,000 to resolve civil allegations that he made fraudulent insurance claims to the United States Postal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida- U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Lelia Vanessa Perdomo Zapata (26, Colombia, South America) to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, for possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on that vessel, and for perjury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Jan. 16, 2020, United States Chief District Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Ashley Erin Murphy Schneider, age 37, of Muscatine, Iowa, to 18 months in prison for wire and mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Schneider was ordered to serve a term of three...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Darrell Wylie, 27, and Namir White, 29, both of Philadelphia, PA were convicted at trial on all charges arising from their involvement in illegal gun sales and the gunpoint robbery of a cooperating government informant.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three defendants appeared in federal court for gun crimes this week, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced on Jan. 17, 2020, that Yousef O. Barasneh (age: 22) of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, was charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to violate citizens’ rights to use property free from threats and intimidation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Tramaine Brown was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Brown pleaded guilty in June 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SCHSHINETIA ANDERSON, age 42, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was indicted for filing false claims against the government, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser. If convicted, ANDERSON faces a maximum term of 5 years imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, $250k fine and a $100 special assessment.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the progress the agency is making to implement programs funded by the 2018 Farm Bill. Today, APHIS is awarding $10.2 million to support disease prevention and emergency response training ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo federal jury has convicted a 60-year-old San Antonio man for transporting two dozen illegal aliens in a hidden compartment within a moving truck, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shanquay Ritter, age 23, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted on January 8, 2020, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia man today admitted his role in initiating a cyberattack known as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against a company that maintained servers in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Juli Campbell was sentenced to 14 months in prison for fraud related to FEMA’s Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) Program. Campbell, the owner of a Puerto Rico construction company, pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining disaster relief funds intended to help the Territory rebuild following the 2017 hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the Virginia General Assembly voted to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), setting the state on the path to become the 38th and final state necessary to ratify the ERA to the Constitution. After the vote, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee Chair on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Chair Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following statements...
