News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


News Release: Justice Department Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Property Manager and Owners of Los Angeles Apartment Buildings Near MacArthur Park.


Release: More information about Andorra is available on the Andorra Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: A psychologist with multiple clinic locations throughout Metro Detroit, will spend 51 months in prison for the commission of health care fraud and money laundering offenses, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.


Armed Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced in Federal Court

News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Crystal Marie Dacus, 38, of Foley, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking felony. Dacus had entered a guilty plea to the charges, and United States District Court Judge Kristi K. Dubose imposed a sentence totaling 84 months imprisonment.


Nash County Man Sentenced to 15 Years as Armed Career Criminal

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ARTHUR THOMAS VICK, 61, of Rocky Mount to 180 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. He was found to be an Armed Career Criminal thereby subjecting him to a minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Arnold Malone, 44, of St. Thomas, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm in U.S. District Court, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Robin Lee Short, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


BLM concludes Seaman and White River Herd Areas wild horse gather in eastern Nevada

News Release: ELY, NEV. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente and Bristlecone field offices and Basin and Range National Monument concluded the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) wild horse gather on Jan. 12, 2020. The BLM gathered and removed 420 excess wild horses from in and around the Seaman and White River HAs located in Lincoln, Nye and White Pine counties in eastern Nevada.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County man pled guilty today for his participation in a drug trafficking operation in Fayette County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Bobby Mack, Jr., 39, from Scarbro, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin. Mack...


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.


News Release: Bangor Maine: A Clinton woman pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Bangor to Social Security fraud and making false statements, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


Metro Detroit Psychologist Sentenced to 51 Months for Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering

News Release: A psychologist with multiple clinic locations throughout Metro Detroit, will spend 51 months in prison for the commission of health care fraud and money laundering offenses, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC BURRUSS, also known as “E," 40, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.


Eleven Area Residents Indicted for $1.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy, Numerous Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eleven defendants have been indicted for their roles in a $1.7 million conspiracy to distribute 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and 10 kilograms of heroin, as well as illegally possessing numerous firearms.


U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule to update the regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). They have not been meaningfully updated in over 60 years.


U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule to update the regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). They have not been meaningfully updated in over 60 years.


Engel and Members Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representatives Sires, Clarke, Hastings, Deutch, Lee, Meeks, Jeffries, Lowey, Wilson, Espaillat, Wasserman Schultz, Shalala, Levin, Mucarsel-Powell, Omar, and Díaz-Balart today made the following statement on the tenth anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti...


Commemorating National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Martha Newton released the following statement recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.


Commemorating National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Martha Newton released the following statement recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.


Firefighters Respond to Structure Fire in Kings Canyon National Park

News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Jan. 11, 2020 - Yesterday morning, Jan. 10, 2020, structural firefighters responded to a fully engulfed non-residential multi-use building in the Grant Grove Village inside Kings Canyon National Park. The fire is extinguished and the cause is under investigation.