News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced MICHAEL WYATT COLLIUS, 23, of Norlina, NC to 72 months’ imprisonment, followed by a five-year term of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - James Gadwah, 52, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: MARCH is Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month! Pipe Spring National Monument in cooperation with the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians is proud to offer a guided hike through Mu’uputs Canyon on Sunday, March 29. Join Ranger Benn on this moderate 2-mile round trip hike into scenic Mu’uputs Canyon...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Six Defendants Charged in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was arrested today for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable housing to residents of Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Advanced Nuclear Technology’s Role in a Decarbonized Future."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, IL-Sean M. Cox, special agent in charge of the FBI Springfield Division, announced The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Decatur, Illinois, has been selected as the recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RANDY LEW WILLIAMS, 57, of Edmond, Oklahoma, has been charged for illegally shipping firearms to the Middle East, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at the Senate health committee hearing on the emerging threat of the novel coronavirus, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the committee, pressed public health officials on the critical need for a comprehensive, fact-driven response. At the hearing, Senator...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams joined Attorney General William P. Barr, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, and Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale today in announcing the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. This year, prosecutors charged more than 400 defendants...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House passed the bipartisan Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (S.1822 ) by unanimous consent, which will improve efforts to collect more accurate internet availability data, boost connectivity, and make sure our limited resources are used to deploy broadband in communities that need it most. It passed out of the Senate in December 2019 and is now one step closer to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks on his appreciation for a substance use disorder hearing but expresses disappointment in the “check the box" nature of the hearing titled, “Combating an Epidemic: Legislation to Help Patients with Substance Use Disorders."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Reece A. Line, 23, of Pearland, Texas, was charged today by Information with 22 counts of mail fraud, eight counts of wire fraud, and three counts of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that DANIEL SCOTT, 31, of Norwich, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with making threatening communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney David J. Freed joined Attorney General William P. Barr, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, and Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale in announcing the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. This year, prosecutors charged more than 400 defendants, far surpassing...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - An Orange County man surrendered to federal law enforcement today to face criminal charges that he traveled out of state to engage in illicit sexual conduct and produce child pornography - including with one victim who was six years old.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clay Westbrook, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was indicted today on drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Identical twin brothers who admitted to child sex exploitation and child pornography offenses were sentenced on Monday to 30 and 25 years in prison, respectively, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on ““Combatting an Epidemic: Legislation to Help Patients with Substance Use Disorders:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Committee members Reps. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and A. Donald McEachin (D-VA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives today passed S. 1822, by unanimous consent...
