News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Tommy Lee Jenkins (age: 32) formerly a resident of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, entered a guilty plea to a charge of attempted child enticement before Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James T. Keefe, 39, of Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- E&C GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) went on “Bill Hemmer Reports" to share updates on the coronavirus and recommendations to mitigate the spread of the virus.
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: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 38-year-old Katy, Texas man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Agriculture Innovation and the Federal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to the latest report from the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Trump Administration’s creation and handling of the family separation crisis...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to the latest report from the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Trump Administration’s creation and handling of the family separation crisis...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) applauded President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Nancy Beck as Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
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 EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) applauded President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Nancy Beck as Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Berea, Kentucky man, Gary Lester Metcalf, 31, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 170 months in prison, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Wier, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Bluemont man with producing and distributing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today sought more information from the Trump Administration about its efforts to address safety and emergency preparedness at nursing homes amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Ramone Baldwin, 25, of Charleston, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -John Rallo, 54, formerly of St. Louis County, was sentenced to 17 months in prison for his involvement in a bribery scheme with Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger. Rallo appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, National Security Subcommittee Chairman Stephen F. Lynch, National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody B. Hice, Rep. Mark Meadows, and Rep. Mark Green sent letters to the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dennis D. Davis, 34, of Levittown, PA was convicted today at trial of one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The trial took place before United States District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Eric Eugene Portier, age 45, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison followed by fifteen years of supervised release on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Gary Jones, the former President of the international United Auto Workers union, was charged today in a Criminal Information with conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle over $1 million of UAW dues money, to furthering racketeering activity, and to evading taxes announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
