News published on Federal Newswire in March 2020

News from March 2020


Jefferson County man admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Wayne Samuel Ellis Clyburn, Of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.



Peterson Congratulates Larew on Election as National Farmers Union President

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota congratulated new National Farmers Union President Rob Larew on his election at the NFU annual convention Monday in Savannah, Ga.


Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement to Obtain Social Security Benefits

News Release: CONCORD - Linda Jackson, 64, of Mabank, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


Attorney Sentenced to 46 Months for Enticement and Coercion to Engage in Prostitution

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456 and Fred Sheppard (619) 546-8237.


USDA Provides $5 Million to Texas to Support Projects that Protect Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: WASHINGTON, March 2, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $5 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


Teachers Set to Help Students Learn About 2020 Census

News Release: Statistics in Schools Week: Everyone Counts! Features Classroom Activities March 2-6.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to Northeast Council of Governments (NECOG) in Aberdeen, South Dakota, to establish a new Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to support small businesses with recovering and rebuilding following...


USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for March 2020

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for March 2020, which are effective March 1-March 31, 2020.


Two Connecticut Physicians Pay Over $4.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Turner of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong...


Two Former Church Members Admit Forced Labor Conspiracy

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Christopher P. Tenorio (619) 546-8413.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Bluefield woman pled guilty today for her participation in a drug trafficking operation (DTO) in Raleigh and Mercer Counties, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marika Davis, 38, of Bluefield, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. Davis was charged as a result of a long-term, multi-state, investigation known as Operation Shutdown Corner.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edgar Hernandez, aka Dopey, 34, of McFarland, was sentenced today to 16 years and six months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


USDA Provides $1.6 Million to New York to Support Projects that Protect Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: WASHINGTON, March 2, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.6 million to New York as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the nursery production system. Overall, ...


Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced in Federal Court

News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that David Neal Halvorson, 50, of Gulf Shores, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court. In February of 2018, Halvorson pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking felony.


News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Philip D. Kuehnl (age 42) of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced in federal court for mail fraud and filing false tax returns.


News Release: HUNTINGTON W.Va. - An Ohio man involved in the distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia last year was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marquis Allen Pritchett, 22, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JACQUELINE GRAHAM was sentenced today to 132 months in prison in connection with a $38 million fraudulent mortgage debt elimination scheme. GRAHAM previously was convicted in June 2019 after a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román, who also imposed today’s sentence.


Schenectady Man Charged with Attempted Child Exploitation

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Keith Mussenden, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, was arrested last week and charged by criminal complaint for attempted sexual exploitation of a child.


News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Manchester, Maine man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to threatening a federal agent, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.