News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Two men were recently sentenced for trespassing on the cone of Old Faithful Geyser, a closed thermal area. Eric Schefflin, 20, of Lakewood, Colorado, and Ryan Goetz, 25, of Woodstock, New York, appeared in court on December 5, 2019, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Carman at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Today, January 9, 2020 is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay" Pak is asking citizens to join him in saluting law enforcement officers in the Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Florida woman today admitted she drove to Sweetgrass in September last year to try to pick up three illegal aliens from Mexico to take them back to Florida, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - “Today we show our collective gratitude and thanks to the men and women who selflessly put on their uniforms every day and make the sacrifice to protect our communities," Town said. “American law enforcement officers truly are the very best among us. We need not qualify those words with caveats and qualifications. Just praise. Just admiration. Just thanks. Let’s show our support today and every day.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Has Lengthy Criminal History, Including Prior Drug Trafficking Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Jerome Francis Canty, age 23, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and to violating his supervised release from a Jan. 31, 2018 federal conviction for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Today, a former consultant who also served as the Chief Operating Officer of 1 Global Capital, LLC pled guilty for his role in connection with a $287 million securities fraud scheme involving a commercial payday loan business that operated from early 2014 through July 2018 and impacted more than 3,400 investors in 42 different states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: St. Louis Resident Sentenced to Prison for Role in a Stolen Identity Fraud Scheme That Claimed $12 Million in Tax Refunds.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio released the following statement after Boeing made new emails public which shed new light on Boeing’s internal discussions regarding the design, development, and certification of the Boeing 737 MAX as well as problems with the 737 MAX simulators...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee Markup of nine bills to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and modernize infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Kansas building contractor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to deprive the city of Lawrence of sales tax revenues in connection with the development of a seven-story hotel adjacent to the University of Kansas campus.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee Markup of nine bills to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and modernize infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging CESAR ADRIAN AGUIRRE-SANCHEZ, age 39, of Mexico, and DAVID DIAZ-SORIANO, age 32, of Mexico with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: BOSTON-John H. Nardozzi, a certified public accountant for former State Senator Brian Joyce, was sentenced today for conspiring with the late senator to defraud the IRS from 2011 through 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that the District of South Dakota collected $3,725,183.70 in criminal and civil actions in FY 2019. Of this amount, $3,378,146.19 was collected in criminal actions and $347,037.51 was collected in civil actions. The overall 2019 collections figure reflects a 72% increase over the FY 2018 total of $2,163,413.53.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: BEDFORD, Va., Jan. 9, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Bette Brand announced USDA has invested $48 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure for more than 22,600 rural households in Virginia. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian national has entered a guilty plea for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers which defrauded thousands of victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders at Indiana Dunes National Park's Paul H. Douglas Center on Saturday, Jan. 18, between 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three New Jersey men were charged with possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Thirteen defendants have been indicted for their roles as members, associates, and suppliers of a drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Monmouth County, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
