News from March 2020
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the recipients of $248.5 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program, for a wide variety of state and local railroad infrastructure projects. The grants will fund 32 projects in 27 states, and will be administered by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Public Witness Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Store Clerk Shot in the Head.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on March 11, 2020, Matthew Sinclair, 24, and Jorge Delaoz, 51, were arrested and charged with violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act in connection with drug activity at 50 Central Street in Brattleboro, Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Gregory Clark, 54, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on one count of Interstate Extortion; one count of Interstate Activity in Aid of Racketeering; and one count of Interference with Commerce by Means of Extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Pensacola has convicted Andrew E. Fisher, 34, of Gulf Breeze, of conspiring to use his pharmacy to defraud more than $4.8 million from TRICARE, a federal health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, and then laundering the money generated by the fraud. The guilty verdict, reached by the jury on Monday, was announced today by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jason David Oetter, age 48, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Oetter to 130 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Oetter will begin a five-year term of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: A new computer application (app) from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could speed the search for genes that underpin important crop traits, like high yield, seed quality and resistance to pests, disease or adverse environmental conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Marvin Clifton, M.D., age 71, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 18 months in federal prison following his conviction for making false statements relating to health care matters. The Court further sentenced Dr. Clifton to two years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, and ordered him to pay a $50,000 fine and a $100 special assessment.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of Senate Democrats’ response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 20 colleagues today introduced legislation, the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act, to provide federally-funded unemployment assistance to affected individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Benjamin Jakes-Johnson was Previously Convicted for Possessing Child Pornography and Offered a Defense of Insanity at Trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A jury convicted a Kansas City, Kan., man Wednesday on federal charges of heroin trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: In honor of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is highlighting four women who worked on the Manhattan Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Indictment unsealed March 9, 2020. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - AARON NAKEENEN WOMACK, a/k/a AARONE NAKEENAN WOMACK, 23, of Ponchatoula, LA, and SHAWANDA MCKAY, 50, of Independence, LA, were charged March 6, 2020, in a five-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with violating the Federal Controlled Substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Mercer County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Through a competitive process, the Bureau of Reclamation has selected 12 projects in the states of California, New Mexico and Utah to receive $7.5 million in drought resiliency grants as part of the WaterSMART Drought Response Program. Drought resiliency helps communities increase the reliability of their water supplies, improve water management and provide benefits to fish, wildlife and the environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that a federal jury convicted Quentin John Fishburne, a/k/a “Q", 40, of Walterboro, on numerous firearms charges, including two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of conspiracy to make false statements in connection with the purchase of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Murdo, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
