News from November 2020
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Cox College, Springfield, Missouri, to renovate and expand a simulation laboratory to train nursing students...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of David Foster for Vehicular Homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, LAURA R. JOHNSON, 45, THOMAS JOHNSON, SR., 52, and CHERYL M. ASHLEY, 70, all residents of Oklahoma City, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in a conspiracy to take ownership of more than a dozen homes without the consent or knowledge of the actual owners, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States District Judge John L. Badalamenti has sentenced Charles Arthur Herzberger (26, North Fort Myers) to three years and one month in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Herzberger had pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Case Marks the Most Recent Successful Extradition of a Cartel Member in Long-Running Investigation.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: West Lafayette, Indiana, Nov. 19, 2020-A third round of feeding trials conducted by a team of USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has again shown that a dietary supplement called L-glutamine can naturally promote growth and wellness in pigs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Douglas V. Oakes has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Pima County, Ariz. (Nov. 19) - The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) in cooperation with Pima County, will be improving the King Canyon Trailhead parking lot and access to Kinney Road. The King Canyon Trailhead is located within Tucson Mountain Park...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hamilton, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Fayette County, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 28 months’ incarceration followed by three years of supervised release on charges of wire fraud and filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Additionally, the defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned indictments yesterday charging Reymundo Camero-Castaneda, age 32, of Mexico and Elmer Antonio Murillo-Villatoro, age 42, of El Salvador, with illegal reentry charges, visa fraud and false representation of a social security account number.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Monica Kemper, 36, of Laconia, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Victoria Livestock & Poultry Market LLC (Victoria Livestock) of Newark, N.J., on November. 17, 2020, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Victoria Livestock waived its rights to a hearing and paid a penalty of $1,700.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, top Democrats in both the House and the Senate introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act to protect students from dangerous seclusion and restraint discipline practices in school. The bill is sponsored by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment against Kevin James Strutz, 49, of Ceres, charging him with cyberstalking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Division and Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that 14 defendants have been charged in federal court in connection with a drug trafficking organization...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States District Judge John L. Badalamenti has sentenced Charles Arthur Herzberger (26, North Fort Myers) to three years and one month in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Herzberger had pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Commission (EC) demonstrated their continued commitment to collaboration and aviation safety improvement during the 14th meeting of the Bilateral Oversight Board, co-chaired by Ali Bahrami, the FAA’s Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Flu season is here and with the coronavirus pandemic still plaguing much of the world, it’s more important than ever to be health conscious. Countless scientists all over the world are striving to better understand SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and bringing the most relevant research findings together in one place is key to a coordinated effort.
