News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Joseph L. Wiley, II, 51, of West Monroe, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 36 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Michelle...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON GALANIS was sentenced to 189 months in prison for his participation in multiple fraudulent schemes. In particular, GALANIS was sentenced for his role in a scheme to manipulate the market for...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today made it easier for drone pilots to quickly and safely access controlled airspace by adding 133 air traffic facilities to the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) system. LAANC is an automated application and approval system for drone pilots requesting to fly below 400 feet in controlled airspace.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado today sold 55 parcels totaling approximately 69,726 acres for $1,641,522 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Quention Price, age 27, of Columbia, South Carolina, to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for two federal carjacking charges; for discharging a weapon during a crime of violence; and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Cabell County Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths Decline by 52%.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, released a new staff report entitled, “The Trump Administration’s Mistreatment of Detained Immigrants: Deaths and Deficient Medical Care by For-Profit Detention Contractors."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. (EDT) on ensuring vulnerable communities have access to clean, affordable energy. The hearing is entitled, "Generating Equity: Improving Clean Energy Access and Affordability."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging nine members of a drug trafficking organization based out of Tampa (please see chart for details). The indictment also notifies the defendants that the United States intends to forfeit a firearm used in the offenses, and any monies traceable to the offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) requested the independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigate...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Special Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI, working in tandem with investigators with the Minneapolis Fire Department and the Minneapolis Police Department, are looking to the public to help identify individuals who may be responsible for fires that were set during the Aug. 26 unrest throughout Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: FORT WORTH, TX - Forty-nine defendants, including two doctors and five pharmacists, have been charged with participating in an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced by the DEA Dallas Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Update: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Englewood and Thornton Police Departments Need Your Help Identifying the ‘Branded’ Bandit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday today sentenced Jhon Marin-Moreno (39, Medellin, Colombia) to 48 months in federal prison for smuggling goods from the United States. In addition, he was ordered to pay a money judgment in the amount of $20,000.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) requested the independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigate...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Mainstreaming Extremism: Social Media’s Role in Radicalizing America:"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: “Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important, bipartisan hearing on enforcing the ban on imports produced by forced labor in Xinjiang. And thank you to the witnesses here today for taking the time to testify and share your views.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A local man pleaded guilty in federal court in Columbus last evening to participating in a racketeering conspiracy in Columbus on behalf of the transnational criminal organization MS-13.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) during today’s hearing titled, “The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and Water Management in Florida."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Mainstreaming Extremism: Social Media’s Role in Radicalizing America:"
