News from January 2020
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: TAYLOR, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Rhobina Electric Inc. - a commercial electrical and plumbing contractor based in Batesville, Mississippi - for exposing employees to excavation hazards after a worker suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse at a Taylor, Mississippi, worksite. The contractor faces $37,318 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A major investigation targeting an expansive, gang-related drug trafficking ring operating in Georgia has resulted in a 61-count indictment naming 26 defendants on federal charges.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, who chairs the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, issued the following statement Thursday upon the resignation of USDA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Naomi Earp. Under Chair Fudge’s leadership, the Subcommittee had been reviewing Earp’s work to address longstanding civil rights and discrimination issues at USDA...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Gregory Gibbons, 54, of Mobile, Alabama, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, was sentenced to time served by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $1,458,847.90 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CitiBank, and M&T Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of six years (72 months) to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: This morning, the House will consider H.J. Res. 76, a resolution that would overturn the Education Department’s efforts to assist students who have been defrauded by colleges and universities while also protecting taxpayer interests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Christopher Crawford, age 40, of Waldorf, Maryland to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for production of child pornography. The sentence was imposed on Jan. 15, 2020. Judge Grimm also ordered that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert C. Logel, 56, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud and tax evasion, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 31-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Dominican man was sentenced today to 34 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport more than 100 grams of heroin from New York to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Harrel Keeling, 44, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced today for Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft. United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Keeling to a 44-month total term of imprisonment, followed by a 5-year total term of supervised release, and ordered Keeling to pay $200,000 in restitution to the victim of his offense.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two South Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Hamlin and Kingsbury counties who suffered losses caused by excessive moisture and flooding that has occurred since April 10, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statements regarding the newly-released report on the certification process for the Boeing 737 MAX.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) conducted its final integration of smart city technologies this week in St. Louis, Missouri in collaboration with the city, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and the T-REX Innovation Center (T-REX).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: COTTONWOOD and COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management’s Cottonwood and Coeur d’Alene Field Offices have begun recruiting for seasonal employees for the upcoming 2020 field season. Several positions are currently advertised, including recreation park rangers, recreation river rangers and biological technicians. The BLM expects to advertise additional vacancy announcements for forestry and range technicians soon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - Matthew Sean Bremond, 32, of Soldotna, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by Sr. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to serve nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing large quantities of heroin throughout the Kenai Peninsula. In September 2019, Bremond pleaded guilty to one count of drug distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation on her conviction of money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Sean Pena, 37, of Portage, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 108 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
Release: MUSCAT, OMAN – On Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette led the U.S. delegation to Muscat, Oman to pay respects upon the death of His Majesty Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Sultan and Prime Minister of the Sultanate of Oman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Attorney for the United States acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that TELEMAQUE LAVIDAS was convicted after a one-week trial of illegally tipping his best friend and co-defendant Georgios Nikas with inside information he obtained from his father, a member of the board of directors of a pharmaceutical company.
