News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Lanorris Williams (31, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Nelson Carralero-Escobar, 65, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on Mar. 5 to 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced today that SASHA SHABLEY JACKSON pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aiding and abetting the preparation of false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Thirty-three individuals in the Dimmit, Texas area have been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other drug crimes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 49-year-old former charter school teacher has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for coercion and enticement of a child and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Trinity River Restoration Program, a Department of the Interior established multi-agency program, will host a public informational meeting about the proposed 2020 spring restoration flow releases from Lewiston Dam and the Trinity River gravel augmentation plans. TRRP staff will answer presentation questions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A man traveling from the Dominican Republic under an assumed identity was arrested yesterday for attempting to enter the United States using a false U.S. passport.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral Democratic health leaders wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today urging the agency to withdraw its proposed policies included in a February proposed rule that would result in higher out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans and thousands of low-income families losing their health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Akeem Bolton, age 29, of Washington, D.C., to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the business meeting to consider Substitute amendment to S.__, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 and Substitute amendment to S.__, Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 6, 2020 - Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a proposed rulethat will strengthen the way states serve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients through Employment and Training. The proposal was announced at Jane Addams Resource Corporation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Helena man convicted at trial of illegally possessing firearms was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Aviation maintenance student Frank A. Jalion Amaro has been charged with bribing a Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA") Designated Mechanic Examiner in exchange for receiving a passing score on the FAA’s Airframe and Powerplant examination.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida -- U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced six defendants, all from South Florida, to prison terms for their roles in an extensive drug trafficking operation located in Perrine, Florida. Their prison sentences are as follows...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: National Park Service hydrologists recently completed quarterly water sampling in the Verde River within Tuzigoot National Monument and detected low levels of an unknown bacterium. Sampling occurred shortly after a high flow event in late January and the detection is likely related to that event.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for receiving child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to request a briefing on the marketing status reporting requirements of generic drugs required by the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (FDARA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
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By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: WHITETHORN, Calif. - Information on northern California’s marine protected areas will be offered in a free presentation, Sunday, March 22, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Healy Senior Center, 456 Briceland Road in Redway.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces that a federal grand jury sitting in Raleigh indicted four correctional officers employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for making false statements surrounding three unrelated inmate deaths that occurred at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina in 2019.
