News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier today, JOSHUA RAY CAMPBELL, 41, formerly of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison for conspiracy to commit theft or receipt of stolen mail and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - DARIFAH DAVIS. On March 3, Darifah Davis, 36, pled guilty to theft of government funds. For nearly three years, Davis filed for and was awarded disability insurance benefits. She falsely claimed to not be working during this time, and as a result, received over $51,000 in Disability Insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Former West Virginia University Professor Pleads Guilty to Fraud That Enabled Him to Participate in the People’s Republic of China’s “Thousand Talents Plan".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 21-year-old Candido Rodriguez, III, to 92 months in federal prison for assaulting a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security officer last year, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Klickitat County, Washington, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to freezing and extremely cold temperatures that occurred Oct. 2 through Oct. 10, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has opened a new viewing area for the Hōlei Sea Arch.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Bighorn Canyon is in the seventh year of the Artists-in-Residence (AIR) program. Over thirty local, national, and international artists applied for the Bighorn Canyon AIR program in 2020, and four amazing artists have been selected. “This is one of my favorite programs at Bighorn Canyon and the artists...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Last week, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor, introduced new, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 70 months of prison for her conviction on charges of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain, and marriage fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Civil Rights Division announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) selected one project to receive approximately $1.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development under the second closing of funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002001, Crosscutting Research for Coal-Fueled Power Plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn Kendall Murray, of Gainesville, Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that China has continued its progress in implementing the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement and has taken several additional actions to realize its agriculture-related commitments. The agreement entered into force on Feb. 14, 2020, and the actions announced today build upon the measures announced on February 25. The most recent actions include.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to five counts of bank robbery.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the U.S. Coast Guard.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Member Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted participating in an automobile accident scheme in which health care practitioners fabricated or exaggerated accident victims’ injuries to support fraudulent insurance claims to Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance plans for medically unnecessary services, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Bismarck - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that on March 9, 2020, Jordan Devon Bailey, appeared in Federal Court at an initial appearance and arraignment hearing. The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota unsealed an Indictment revealing that a federal grand jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Hudson County Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Enslaving Sri Lankan Woman for Over Nine Years.
