News from March 2020
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and Georgetown Heritage will begin work this month to assess and stabilize a Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) canal wall near Grace St. and Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the Administration’s implementation of its family separation policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury sitting in Charlotte, North Carolina, has convicted the founder and chairman of a multinational investment company and a company consultant of public corruption and bribery charges, for orchestrating a bribery scheme involving independent expenditure accounts and improper campaign contributions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - THEODORE KEYS, age 40, a resident of New Orleans; TYRIK SCOTT, age 20, a resident of Chalmette; JUSTIN PIERCE, age 22, a resident of Slidell; and BRISHUN GARY, age 18, a resident of New Orleans, were indicted for conspiracy to commit bank larceny, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s March 2020 Total Water Supply Available forecast for
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Five doctors admit to taking kickbacks and will pay $1.56 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Two defendants arrested during “Operation End Game," a multi-agency effort targeting and arresting adult perpetrators seeking sex with children, made appearances in federal court Wednesday, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Andrew Leo Schafer, 53...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: As I hear from Washington state residents and people across the country, I want to be able to provide them answers about the availability of diagnostic tests for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). I am extremely frustrated by how the Trump Administration has handled the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Melvin Fishburn, 57, of Charleston, South Carolina was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and three years’ supervised release by United States District Judge Edward G. Smith for stealing from the International Brotherhood of Electrical...
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today issued the following statement about the Hong Kong authorities’ arrests of newspaper founder Jimmy Lai and former Legislative Council members Lee Cheuk-yan and Yeung Sum.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that yesterday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JAMES EARL RUTLAND III, 34, of Wilmington, North Carolina, to 96 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sachin Aji Bhaskar, 23, of India, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to sexual enticement of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BARBARA MEYZEN, a/k/a “Bobbie Meyzen," the owner and operator of La Cremaillere Restaurant in Banksville, New York, pled guilty to wire fraud in connection with her multi-year scheme to defraud the restaurant’s lenders, mortgagee, bankruptcy creditors, and customers. MEYZEN pled guilty before the Honorable Vincent L. Briccetti in White Plains federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CATHOLINE HAMMETT, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted for bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service received an exciting redevelopment proposal from Stillman Development International for 21 historic buildings in the main post area of Fort Hancock in the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. The submission was a response to a rolling Request for Proposals issued by the park in search of qualified, competent, and dedicated partners in the adaptive reuse of historic structures in a National Historic Landmark District.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Below are Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney’s, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s press conference on the start of the 2020 Census...
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Lead Republican and Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today issued the following statement about the Hong Kong authorities’ arrests of newspaper founder Jimmy Lai and former Legislative Council members Lee Cheuk-yan and Yeung Sum.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas -A 36-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
