News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man has been charged in federal court in Boston with witness tampering and obstructing justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - TRACY MIRANDA. On March 16, Tracy Miranda, 19, plead guilty to aiding and abetting foreign travel in aid of racketeering. In 2019, a group of Mexican drug traffickers were importing methamphetamine in crystal and power form into the United States. One of the importers was Eduardo Ruiz-Mendoza.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - David Weekly, 24, of Manchester, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: 'Shoot to Kill. This is a revolution,' Defendant Said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - On March 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump declared the outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) in the United States to be a national emergency. Unfortunately, criminals and scammers are trying to take advantage of the crisis for their own profit. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., March 26, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the importation of fragrant pears from an additional production area in China. This completes work on a commodity listed in Phase One of the Plant Health of the Economic ...
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on multiple reports that the Chinese Communist Party is selling faulty medical equipment to the countries hardest hit by coronavirus.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Keith Krach, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment urging the State Department to continue diplomatic engagement to help stem the economic impacts of the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. In the letter, McCaul wrote...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 25, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2020 - USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are available to continue helping agricultural producers with program signups, loan servicing and other important actions. Additionally, FSA is relaxing the loan-making process and adding flexibilities for servicing direct and guaranteed loans to provide credit to producers in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: For additional information and documents please visit: Documents Related to the March 26, 2020 Press Conference
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Enson Group LLC, doing business as Eternal Food Service. The company, operating from Ohio, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 12 produce sellers in the amount of $707,592 from December 2018 through April 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: CARES Act: Recovery Check FAQ . Who is eligible for a recovery rebate? All U.S. residents or citizens with adjusted gross income under $75,000 ($112,500 for head of household and $150,000 married), who are not the dependent of another taxpayer and have a work-eligible Social Security Number, are eligible...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Scotty Gonzalez, 28, of Enfield, was arrested on Wednesday for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Ronde Yarrell (43, Bradenton) was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. Yarrell had pleaded guilty on Aug. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge today for allegedly producing and distributing images of himself sexually assaulting a child, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement regarding steps she pushed for in the new bipartisan coronavirus response package passed by the Senate to increase people’s flexibility to manage their retirement resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: FBI Minneapolis Encourages Safe Online Learning for Students, Teachers, and Parents.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2020
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore, in response to guidance from Nueces County, Kleberg County, and Willacy County, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
