News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - An investigation into a methamphetamine conspiracy led to a Billings man who admitted drug trafficking crimes today after agents found 30 pounds of meth and $11,380 cash in his vehicle, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Mark A. Oberly, doing business as Oberly Brothers Livestock (Oberly) for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Oberly waived his right to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $2,550.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Harrington Alonzo, 34, of Pinehill, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on January 6 to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possessing and discharging the firearm in furtherance of such crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina promotes the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative by conducting outreach and educating older adults at the Blue Street Senior Center about the latest scams so they do not fall victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Allen Craig, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Korrtel Filzen, 30, Indianapolis, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, in the federal courthouse in Indianapolis. Filzen was previously indicted and pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime at today’s change of plea and sentencing hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today released the legislative framework of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act - an ambitious new climate plan to ensure the United States achieves net-zero greenhouse gas pollution no later than 2050.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Former Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Providing the FBI with False Information About the In-Custody Death of a Woman.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing to examine ways to protect American consumers from bad actors online.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 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) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed three bipartisan 5G security bills that had advanced through the Committee last year...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today released the legislative framework of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act - an ambitious new climate plan to ensure the United States achieves net-zero greenhouse gas pollution no later than 2050.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade."
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “The Nonpoint Source Management Program Under the Clean Water Act: Perspectives from States."
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Join in as volunteers from across the country take part in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Sherman Reservation on Missionary Ridge (2300 Lightfoot Mill Road, Chattanooga, TN) to sign in for the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: (Cleveland, Ohio) - U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman announced today that the Northern District of Ohio collected $39,306,678.20 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2019. Of this amount, $32,884,564.20 was collected in criminal actions and $6,422,114.00 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Titus Jeshua Lamb, a previously convicted felon, has been sentenced for committing three bank robberies in McDonough, Morrow, and Fayetteville, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax medical doctor was arrested today on charges of illegally diverting Adderall.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today released the legislative framework of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act - an ambitious new climate plan to ensure the United States achieves net-zero greenhouse gas pollution no later than 2050.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Burlington County Man Charged with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering for Defrauding Internet Donors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Litchfield woman was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for committing wire fraud affecting a financial institution, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
