News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Spokane -William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, joins President Trump, Attorney General Barr, and the Department of Justice in observing Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $3 million for grants through its new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects. USDA will accept applications on Grants.gov until midnight July 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio today, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against 51-year-old Miguel Diaz-Calderon for attempting to smuggle numerous firearms, ammunition, gun magazines and other gun parts into the Republic of Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division; and, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Eagle Pass Port Director Paul Del Rincon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Dr. Robin Ann Cox plead guilty today to one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance without an Effective Prescription.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - An “ICE Most Wanted" criminal alien, convicted of felony sex with a minor, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers April 28.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement supporting the Department of Education’s final rule to address the responsibilities of college campuses and K-12 schools under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Alejandro Rodriguez, age 27, of Rogers, Arkansas was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after Frontier Airlines started offering a new charge for passengers trying to maintain distance on flights during the COVID-19 pandemic...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert Wilson, 35, of Omaha Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. He received a total sentence of 62 months’ imprisonment. His term of incarceration will be followed by five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner was sentenced on May 4, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 46, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage resulting in loss to Company...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - Today the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Ronald "Ronnie" Wilson, 44, of Williamsport Maryland.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on COVID-19 response.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Logan Nedo, 34, of Irondequoit, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to producing child pornography. At sentencing, the defendant faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years, a maximum of 30 years, as well as a lifetime term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on the Trump administration to address the lack of financial relief for Medicaid providers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The two Committee leaders voiced concerns...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close public lands in and near Whitewater Canyon, located in Riverside County, due to the potential threat of wildfire. The public safety closure will begin on Wednesday, May 6, and will remain in place until October 31.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: TAMARAC, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Crown Roofing LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at a residential worksite in Tamarac, Florida. The Sarasota, Florida-based contractor faces penalties of $134,937.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, after the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee favorably reported America's Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2020 and the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 out of the committee, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) - co-founders ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Bob Casey, D-Penn., today called on the Trump administration to commit to a timeline and plan to release data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in nursing homes. Wyden and Casey asked...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Great Barrington, Massachusetts-based G.A. Blanco & Sons, Inc. (G.A. Blanco), has agreed to pay the United States $450,000 to resolve allegations that it caused a now defunct company, Essential Business Products, Inc. (Essential), to submit false claims for payment to the government...
