News from January 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with H.D. Hume doing business as H&H Livestock (Hume) of Taylorsville, Ky....
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TERRELL HUNTER, also known as “Rell" and “Killer," 38, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: For Wire Fraud and False Statement on Income Tax Return.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations in a statement Monday highlighted the House’s support of a lawsuit to block the Administration’s rule eliminating state flexibility to administer benefits based on their own...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Deannajo White (39, Suwannee County) has pleaded guilty to disaster assistance fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison, plus payment of restitution to the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: DALLAS - A North Texas construction company will pay the U.S. government $3 million for its role in a scheme to illegally employ illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Komsi lied about pending felony charge on federal firearms purchase forms.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have completed work to repave roads in five national parks in the National Capital Area for the season. These construction projects demonstrate the NPS’s ongoing commitment to providing safe, smooth roads for travelers in the DC-area.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon National Park's permit office is temporarily extending the permit processing time periods effective Feb. 14, 2020 until this summer. This change will impact commercial use authorizations (CUA) and special use permit (SUP) applications submitted after Feb. 14.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Enjoy the benefits of outdoor play and learning in the snow with your family at “Winter Adventure Day" on Saturday, March 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place at the Casper Mountain Outdoor Center at McMurry Mountain Park, located at 1110 East End Road on Casper Mountain.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Brandon Mardell Woods, 35, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in two robberies in the Central West End. Woods appeared before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Jonathan Turner, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 42-year-old Texarkana, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO -- The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $5.8 million contract to veteran-owned small business Griggs Mitchell & Alma of Illinois to stabilize the Administration Clock Tower Building and develop a visitor center for Pullman National Monument at 11057 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former executive at a New Jersey publication company pleaded guilty today to defrauding the company by embezzling millions of dollars for his personal benefit, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Sarah P. Karwan will serve as the Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Sattora, 35, and Rebecca Woodin, 34, both of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production, receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Crews from the Bureau of Land Management plan to burn piles of brush and small trees in a project area near Douglas City during the week of Jan. 27-31. Crew members will light the piles only when weather and fuel moisture allow for safe and successful burning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of EDWARD LEE BELLANGER, 45, to three counts of assault of an intimate or dating partner. BELLANGER, who was initially charged on June 27, 2019, entered his plea today before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. BELLANGER is scheduled to be sentenced on May 26, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Janell Thompson Was the Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Co-Owner of a Business that Distributed Large Quantities of Smokeable Synthetic Cannabinoids.
