News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl which caused January 2019 death of his ex-girlfriend.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury found a Texas rheumatologist guilty today for his role in a $325 million health care fraud scheme in which he falsely diagnosed patients with life-long diseases and treated them with toxic medications on the basis of that false diagnosis.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump signed a “Phase One" trade deal between the United States and China...

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity:"
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing, “One Year of Progress: An Update on Implementation of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Lorton man pleaded guilty today to straw purchasing a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that two different defendants were sentenced to federal prison this week for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of having sex with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati, OH - During the mid-morning hours of Jan. 15, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested fugitive Rafael Johnston on an outstanding warrant from the Municipal Court of Hamilton County, Ohio for Felonious Assault.

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “Oversight of Working Conditions for Airline Ground Workers."

By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that two different defendants were sentenced to federal prison this week for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of having sex with a minor.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity:"

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mitchell Finley, 57, of St. Louis County, was sentenced to fifty-one (51) months in prison for his role in robbing a bank. Finley appeared today in front of U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent letters today to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requesting briefings on the agencies’ ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - John Blecka was sentenced to 33 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable William Alsup, U.S. District Court Judge.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally entering the United States for the eighth time.