News from January 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are renewing an investigation into the role of top opioid manufacturers in the ongoing opioid...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: The murder of Randy Gori was a senseless and brutal crime. We at the U.S. Attorney’s Office join.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Crime across the Northern District of West Virginia, particularly violent crime, is falling. Nationwide, violent crime has decreased 3% from 2017 to 2018, according to the FBI. This is largest yearly decrease since 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcello Wiggins, aka Slurp, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possessing with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl; possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 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 DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Two Savannah River Site (SRS) contractors recently earned 95 percent or more of award fees available to them.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today regarding their concerns...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, titled - “A Public Health Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis" - where we will be conducting oversight of states’ utilization of federal funding to combat the opioid crisis.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, titled - “A Public Health Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis" - where we will be conducting oversight of states’ utilization of federal funding to combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - UST-Aldetec Holding Company LLC, which includes its wholly owned subsidiary United States Technologies Inc., a New Jersey corporation, will pay $525,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 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 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) during today’s hearing titled: “The Path to a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Investments and Innovation."
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
Release: PITTSBURGH - Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport caught two guns in the last three days at the airport checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Eddie Lee Padgett, 62, of Daphne, Alabama, was sentenced on January 9, 2020, in federal court for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Padgett was convicted following a jury...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The BLM is seeking comments on the draft Desolation Canyon and BLM Price Campgrounds business plans. The draft business plans provide the American public with the opportunity to review how recreation fees will be used and submit comments on proposed fee changes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Lori Owen (48, Holiday) with 14 counts of fraud, 4 counts of money laundering, and 2 counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, Owens faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Andres Fernandez (38, Orlando) to 10 years in federal prison for wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $14.98 million, representing the losses suffered by the victims of Fernandez’s fraud scheme. Fernandez had pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wire fraud on August 6, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for selling fentanyl to an undercover officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that James Adam Widener, 28, of Robertsdale, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Widener had entered a guilty plea to the conspiracy charge, and United States District Court Judge Kristi K. Dubose imposed a sentence of 94 months imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-A Huntington woman was sentenced to federal prison for embezzlement, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Frances McComas, 57, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison and five years of supervised release for embezzling money from a federal credit union. She also was ordered to pay $1,000 a month in restitution.
