News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Christopher Gibson, age 41, of Crossett, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for one count of being a Felon In Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kenyan national pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a marriage fraud conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Medford, OR - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Medford District has closed the gate on Bear Camp Road, located near Galice, OR. The gate, which is closed annually for public safety ahead of winter weather, will remain closed until spring snow conditions allow for safe passage for public travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES T. BOOTH was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 42 months in prison in connection with his years-long scheme to defraud customers of his financial services firm, Booth Financial...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Hector I. Mendez, age 29, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following his plea of guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: LYNCHBURG, Va. - A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Roanoke indicted Cherie Anne Washburn, a former attorney who specialized in elder law and estate planning, on federal wire fraud, mail fraud, and false statement charges. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today following the defendant’s initial court appearance.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed ten health care bills today...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to drug conspiracy charges.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after House leadership elections.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after the House of Representatives passed three consumer protection and commerce bills from the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Jarbidge Field Office, Twin Falls District released 11 wild horses (six studs, five mares) to the Saylor Creek Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA), 15 miles south of Glenns Ferry.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the work of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance formed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, FMI - The Food Industry ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA- United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that his Office filed suit against First State Manufacturing, Inc. (“FSM"), a Milford, Delaware corporation, for violating the False Claims Act. The United States alleges that FSM, through its executive management, bribed Timothy Miller...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed ten health care bills today...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: HANCOCK, Md. - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park will close the Little Tonoloway Bridge to vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic on or about Thursday, Nov. 19. The closure is for the NPS to replace the bridge. NPS expects to open the new bridge in mid-December, but that schedule may change if there is bad weather.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after the House of Representatives passed three consumer protection and commerce bills from the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Previously Convicted in Federal Court of Sex Trafficking Offense; It Was the Fourth Time She Entered the United States Illegally.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after 10 bills advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee passed the House.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) joined Subcommittee on Aviation Chair Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) in applauding House passage of H.R. 8408, the...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - This week, National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) fire managers, working together as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, plan to begin conducting pile burns north of the Grand Canyon. Hand piles composed of woody debris are located near the NPS developed...
