News from January 2020
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after the Internal Revenue Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Was Previously Deported Three Times and Convicted Two Time for Illegally Entering the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge-Seattle Debra Parker and U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Matthew Sean Bremond, 32, of Soldotna, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by Sr. U.S. District Judge Ralph...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Shawn M. Wilcher, 37, of Tacoma, Washington, was indicted by a federal grand jury today with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c). The abuse occurred at Hickam Air Force Base, which is within federal jurisdiction in the District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DENNIS STEWARD MOORE, 43, of Raleigh, NC, to 144 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today is proposing a rule that would implement President Trump’s Executive Order No. 13831 (May 3, 2018) to remove regulatory burdens on religious organizations and ensure that religious and non-religious organizations are treated equally in DHS-supported ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input to help with the creation of the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), a new program that will expand the availability of domestic ethanol and biodiesel by incentivizing the expansion of sales of renewable fuels.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Jan. 16, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today is proposing a rule that would implement President Trump’s Executive Order No. 13831 (May 3, 2018), remove regulatory burdens on religious organizations, and ensure that religious and non-religious organizations are ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces plenary speakers for the 2020 Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF), to be held Feb. 20–21, 2020, in Arlington, Va., under the theme “The Innovation Imperative: Shaping the Future of Agriculture.” The opening plenary session will ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Jan. 16, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the Senate passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by a bipartisan vote of 89 – 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint was filed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Mimi Ould Baba, 32, a citizen of Mali, with the murder of U.S. citizen Michael J. Riddering and conspiring to provide material support, including personnel (including himself), services, and property to two designated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A Pennsylvania anesthesiologist was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for filing a false income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced a proposed rule today that would implement President Trump’s Executive Order No. 13831 (May 3, 2018), remove regulatory burdens on religious organizations, and ensure that religious and non-religious organizations are treated equally in DOJ-supported programs. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Former Gwinnett County Deputy Sheriff Aaron S. Masters, who was assigned to the Rapid Response Team (RRT) at the Gwinnett County Jail, has been arraigned after a federal grand jury indicted him of acting under color of law to deprive an inmate of her civil rights and of falsifying a report of the incident. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced yesterday to 60 days’ incarceration, two years of supervised release, a $50,000 fine and 300 hours of community service for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act in the course of renovating a Washington, D.C., property without following lead-safe work practices and lead disclosure requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A Kentucky resident pleaded guilty in federal court today that he, a U.S. citizen, engaged and attempted to engage in illicit sexual conduct with two minor females while he traveled and resided in Cambodia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Stephen Orback, 65, for threatening on multiple occasions to attack a Baltimore-area synagogue. Count One charges Orback with intentionally attempting to obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs through ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A Gulfport, Mississippi, tax return preparer was sentenced to 15 months in prison today for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst for the Southern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Today, two more defendants pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in the death of Nimali Henry, an inmate in their custody. Henry, who had a rare blood disorder and other medical conditions, died in the St. Bernard Parish Prison in Chalmette, Louisiana, on Apr. 1, 2014, after failing to receive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A former member of the Barbados Parliament, who also served as the Minister of Industry of Barbados, was found guilty today by a federal jury for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him by executives of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL). Assistant Attorney General Brian ...
