News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Jimmy Ray Lightsey (40, Jacksonville) to 20 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute them, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A jury found Lightsey guilty on Jan. 23, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Construction progress continues at the Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF), an essential component of a high-priority project to begin treating tank waste at the Hanford Site.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee will hold two days of hearings with top executives of major drug companies to examine their pricing practices for some of the costliest drugs in the United States. The hearings, titled “Unsustainable Drug Prices: Testimony from the CEOs," will be on Wednesday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. Admits to Improperly Billing Government for Hospital Inpatient Testing and Donating Cost of Medical Software to Physicians Based on Volume of Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Traffickers on the Darknet Results in over 170 Arrests Worldwide and the Seizure of Weapons, Drugs and over $6.5 Million.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule which establishes criteria for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Middletown, RI, man currently on federal supervised release having been previously sentenced for robbing four banks, is facing charges in federal court in Providence for allegedly filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of an international effort to disrupt narcotics trafficking on the dark-net, members of the Los Angeles Joint Criminal Opioid and Dark-net Enforcement (JCODE) Task Force today announced cases brought as a result of Operation DisrupTor. The cases charge members of a Southern California...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Madam President, this weekend brought tragic news with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Not a lot of members of the federal judiciary become cultural icons recognizable by only their initials. RBG did, and she earned her recognition and her place in history through an astonishing career fighting...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 50-year-old Laredoan for charges related to the smuggling of an undocumented alien and fleeing from an immigration checkpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Middletown, RI, man currently on federal supervised release having been previously sentenced for robbing four banks, is facing charges in federal court in Providence for allegedly filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons and Oglala Sioux Tribe Attorney General Scott James are pleased to announce that the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), part of the U.S. Department of Justice, has awarded a three-year grant to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to combat domestic violence and other serious...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard Leon Wilbern, 60, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted by a federal jury of the Aug. 12, 2003, armed robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit Union which resulted in the death of Raymond Batzel, was sentenced to serve life in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Dr. Justin Neisler, age 32, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 276 months (23 years) in federal prison, followed by 10 years in supervised release for the production of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $10,100 in assessments...
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today held a committee business meeting during which members approved 15 nominees.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) and Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) introduced the “Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays & Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act. Below is what they are saying.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Sept. 6-12, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David J. Freed, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that SHAWN HILL, also known as “SB," 37, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today to assaulting a federal correctional officer, and distributing heroin and crack cocaine shortly after his release from federal custody.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council will meet virtually Monday, October 26 and Friday, October 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandon Edward Bridges, age 24, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Child Neglect In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153 and Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 843.5(C), punishable by not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000.00, or both.
