News from January 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two New Jersey counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Gloucester and Salem counties who suffered losses caused by drought that occurred from Aug. 15 through Oct. 16, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: I want to thank my friend Bernie McNamee for his dedicated service to the American people both at the Department of Energy (DOE) and as a Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Bernie’s passion and deep knowledge of energy policy have been instrumental during his tenure at DOE ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Wentworth was sentenced to 77 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Sean Heinemann, 42, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for distribution of methamphetamine. In addition to his prison term, Heinemann will serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Zane C. Brassfield (25, Tampa) to two years and four months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Brassfield had pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - David M. DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, honored the work of 11 district employees by presenting them with the 2019 U.S. Attorney’s Awards for Outstanding Performance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bobby Scott, the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, sent a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeking documents and information about the change...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler demanding answers for the dramatic increase in the backlog of unfunded cleanup projects at Superfund program sites under the Trump Administration.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: HOUSTON, Jan. 23, 2020 - Consistent with their emphasis on transparency and broad public participation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is kicking off the fourth Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Meeting today...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requesting documents and information related to recent news that the Trump Administration has continued to separate hundreds of additional immigrant children from their parents.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - A Canadian citizen convicted of two counts of accessory before the fact to murder was removed from the U.S. Wednesday, pursuant to a final order of removal, by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Levi Doman, of Keyser, West Virginia, has admitted to his involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jamie William Sites, of Circleville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Michler Gabriel (38, Tampa) with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Gabriel faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Gabriel that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Zane C. Brassfield (25, Tampa) to two years and four months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A repeat offender, who was arrested in Pioneer Square armed with a concealed pistol with hollow point bullets, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 101 months in prison and five years of supervised release. Jonathan Rushing, 40, was convicted in October 2019 following a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: 160 pounds of methamphetamine, 300 fentanyl pills seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that LUCCAS EASTMAN, age 29, a resident of Mandeville pleaded guilty on Jan. 22, 2020, before United States District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance to a one-count bill of information charging him with selling misbranded generic drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: POCATELLO - Stormy Ray Adakai, 24, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 57 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered that Adakai serve three years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that U.S. District Judge William F. Jung today sentenced Manuel Alfonso Munoz (48, Tampa) to 9 years and 3 months in federal prison for selling cocaine.
