News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a six page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Alien smuggler sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting at border patrol agents during high speed pursuit

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A local area man was sentenced Jan. 24, to 204 months in prison for shooting at border patrol agents during a high-speed pursuit in a probe headed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


False Tax Return Filer Sentenced To 34 Months In Prison

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Ramon Christopher Blanchett to 34 months in federal prison for theft of government funds. The court also ordered Blanchett to forfeit $980,000, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense.


District Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder While Armed In Northeast Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Donnell Mills, 30, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a total of 21 years for second-degree murder while armed from a killing that took place in 2018 in Northeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, Chief W. Howard Harrison of the Planation Police Department, and Chief Dale Engle of the Davie Police Department, announced that Joseph Isaiah Woodson, Jr....


Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Now is the perfect time to check whether you have a star on your Pennsylvania driver’s license. If not, there’s still time to get a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license with that star on it. But it’s better to get it sooner, rather than later.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Two officials from the local Iron Workers union pleaded guilty today for their role in a brutal assault on a group of non-union ironworkers in Dyer, Indiana. The attack, which left multiple workers with serious injuries, was part of an effort to obtain a contract for the union to assist with the construction of the Plum Creek Christian Academy, a school affiliated with the Dyer Baptist Church.


News Release: Washington State Couple and Companies Sentenced for Fraud and False Statement in Connection with Renewable Energy Fraud Scheme.


Operation Fall of the House of Usher Helps Dismantle Multi-State Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that over the course of the last several months in federal court, 32 defendants have been sentenced in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking investigation.


Colerain Township Man Charged with Sexually Exploiting a Minor While on Probation for Different Sex Crime

News Release: CINCINNATI - A local registered sex offender has been charged federally with sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography.


News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that over the course of the last several months in federal court, 32 defendants have been sentenced in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking investigation.


Buyer Beware: Super Bowl team gear could be counterfeit

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - As the excitement of football builds in the Bay Area, sports fans around the city, state and nation, seek out team adorned gear to show support as the Super Bowl nears. Another group paying close attention to sports-related items, is the men and women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Francisco, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).


News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced on Jan. 23, 2020, that former attorney Mark A. Ruppelt (age: 50) was charged in a three-count information with devising and executing a scheme to defraud his client, in violation of the federal wire fraud statute.


News Release: A Toledo man was arrested Jan. 23, 2020 for sex trafficking two juveniles in Toledo, Ohio.