News from March 2020
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: Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Today before a federal judge, Frank Richard Beyer (a/k/a “Rick Beyer"), 75, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pled guilty to possessing child pornography that included images of boys under age 12 engaged in sex acts and exposing their genitals.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide collaboration and support to India in the establishment of Solar Decathlon India in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Presidential Clemency and Opportunities for Reform"...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Chattanooga, Tenn. - On March 4, 2020, Mark Douglas Gould, 50, currently of Port Orchard, Washington, was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
By Commerce 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: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Neil I. Mittin, 64, of Huntingdon Valley, PA was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $3.4 million in restitution by Senior United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson for his scheme to steal numerous personal injury cases and other legal matters from his law firm between 2008 and 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Six Defendants Charged in Eastern District of Louisiana.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) joined New Day on CNN to discuss the latest developments with coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton woman was sentenced today to over seven years in prison for possessing cocaine for distribution while possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A tax preparer has admitted her guilt for tax crimes involving fraudulent customer returns that happened over a four-year period, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on March 4, 2020, Ellis Dale Robinson, age 34, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Possession of Child Pornography. Robinson was sentenced to 121 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of seven years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint charging JEFFREY COLIN PURDY, 28, with making threatening communications. PURDY made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota. PURDY was ordered to remain in custody pending a formal detention hearing, which is scheduled for Monday, March 9, 2020.
By DOE 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: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a civil health care fraud complaint against SpineFrontier, Inc. (SpineFrontier); Impartial Medical Experts, LLC (IME); Kingsley Chin, the founder and CEO of SpineFrontier; Aditya Humad, the CFO of SpineFrontier; Vanessa Dudley, Chin’s wife and the Business Administrator of IME; and other entities Chin owns and controls.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Lexington, Kentucky man, Devaun Laquis Robertson, 27, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, to 68 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Greg VanTatenhove, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) rejected widespread calls for a longer public comment period for its proposed rule that would drastically weaken implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA 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 EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) joined New Day on CNN to discuss the latest developments with coronavirus.
