News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Defendant agrees to restitution of a least $1.4 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) applauded House passage of S. 3201, the temporary extension on the fentanyl analogues ban.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The owner of a Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, pizzeria today admitted five counts of filing a false income tax return, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Friends of New River Gorge National River (Friends) hosted their first photo competition on Jan. 18, 2020 at Adventures on the Gorge in Fayetteville, WV. The winning photographs taken by local West Virginia photographers celebrate the rich beauty of southern West Virginia. All photographs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Richard P. Donoghue, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York,.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Georgia man who began by filing false tax returns claiming millions of dollars, then escalated to filing multi-million dollar liens against government officials and attempting to put them into involuntary bankruptcy, culminated today in one of the longest federal sentences ever handed out for a false retaliatory lien case.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement after being briefed at the White House on the details of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park will be hosting the Death Valley Dark Sky Festival, February 21-23, 2020. Everyone is invited to attend this night sky and science festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing to discuss legislative proposals to provide paid family and medical leave for American workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bryan Connor Herrell, 25, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to engage in a racketeer influenced corrupt organization, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: What: Join the U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook this Thursday to learn more about the Census Bureau’s Trust and Safety Team and how to support a complete and accurate 2020 Census count. The Census Bureau will discuss efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation, and how partnerships with tech companies...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: BALA CYNWYD, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Webb Contractor Corp. for exposing employees to fall hazards at three separate worksites in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, area. The roofing contractor, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, faces $605,371 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that on Jan. 27, 2020, United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Willie Israel Navarette, age 42, Watford City, ND, on charges of Possession of Firearms and Ammunition by a convicted felon. A jury convicted Navarette of Possession ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - Following a four-day trial in the United States District Court at Knoxville, a jury convicted Charles Edward Mason, 53, of Clinton, Tennessee. Evidence presented at trial showed Mason was in possession of firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, possessed with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, brandished firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possessed firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz delivered remarks at the United States Coast Guard memorial service for the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn in St. Petersburgh, Florida.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Access to High-Speed Internet will Expand Economic Development, Innovation, Technology, Workforce, and Improve Quality of Life TRENTON, Mo., Jan. 28, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced USDA has invested $60.9 million ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Access to High-Speed Internet will Expand Economic Development, Innovation, Technology, Workforce, and Improve Quality of Life ALEXANDRIA, La., Jan. 28, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Louisiana State Director Roy Holleman announced USDA has invested $15.5 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice filed civil actions for temporary restraining orders today in two landmark cases against five companies and three individuals allegedly responsible for carrying hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls to American consumers, the Department of Justice announced. The Department ...
