News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for two hours, a federal jury found Donte Taylor guilty of one count of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., [Jan. 31, 2020] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that we are revising our requirements for the importation of fresh Unshu oranges from Japan. With this action, Unshu oranges from the island of Kyushu ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kirk Grubler, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Philip Elvin Riehl, 68, of Bethel Township, Berks County, PA, was charged by Information with conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud, stemming from an investigation into a Ponzi scheme worth approximately $60 million. The alleged...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Ubaldo Soto-Diaz, an illegal alien from Mexico, but residing in Portersville, California, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Soto-Diaz to pay a $2,000 fine and serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Soto-Diaz pleaded guilty to the charge on July 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: Greeneville, Tenn. - On Jan. 24, 2020, Juan Moreno-Pantiga, 30, of Bulls Gap, was sentenced before the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - On Jan. 28, 2020, Tomas Vale Valdivia, 45, a Cuban national who was living in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, was sentenced to 57 months in prison by U.S. District Kathleen M. Williams in Miami, Florida for his participation in a for-profit alien smuggling conspiracy that transported Cuban nationals to Mexico and then into the United States.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Quartz and Stone Creations of New Hampshire LLC for crushing and other hazards following an employee fatality on July 19, 2019. OSHA cited the Northwood, New Hampshire, stone products manufacturer for 12 serious and six other-than-serious violations, which faces a total of $87,516 in penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft resource management plan amendment and associated draft environmental impact statement for wild horse management on southern Wyoming’s checkerboard lands. The draft amendment and associated documents are available for public review and comment on the BLM’s ePlanning website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Hybrid Tech Holdings, LLC, Hybrid Technology, LLC, and Ace Strength International, LTD, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by colluding to rig the bidding of an auction to purchase the United States Department of Energy’s non-performing loan to Fisker Automotive, Inc. and Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc., the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Andrew Parker, of Mannington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation, with the first 180 days on home confinement, for his involvement in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: Wander our nature trail with a volunteer from the Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club in hopes of finding our feathered friends along the way. This event is part of the National Audubon Society's Great Backyard Bird Count in which thousands of people across the US and Canada count and learn about the birds wintering in their communities. People of all ages and skill levels are welcome. This fun and educational event is free to the public.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
Release: Summary:The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added the Philippines to the list of regions affected by African swine fever (ASF). On September 9, 2019, Philippine veterinary authorities reported an ASF occurrence to the World Organization of Animal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety presented the first annual Mississippi Human Trafficking Summit today at the Jackson, Mississippi, Convention Center. More than 400 participants, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Claudia Ann Merrill, 61, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of more than $1.75 million in veterans benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - An admitted methamphetamine dealer, who was arrested with pure “ice" methamphetamine in Lee County, Georgia, was sentenced to ten years in prison, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Willie Ware, 22, of Albany, was sentenced by U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation is extending the public comment period on a draft Environmental Impact Statement that analyzes alternatives to reduce salinity in the Colorado River from sources in the Paradox Valley in western Colorado. The public comment period now closes Feb. 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 27, 2020, Bruce Robertson, 40, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 4 years’ imprisonment. Robertson had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of Domestic Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, former Castroville Animal Control Officer Ambrose Rymers admitted his role in a fraudulent insurance claim scheme involving 54-year-old former Castroville Police Chief Chris Filline and a third individual, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: This week Congress passed a bill reauthorizing the temporary ban on deadly fentanyl analogues until May 6, 2021. Before passage of the bill, DEA’s temporary scheduling of fentanyl analogues was set to expire on February 6, 2020. The bill-S. 3201, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling...
