News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tiffany Ann Meeks-Davis, age 33, of McAlester, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud financial institutions of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: On Dec. 16, 2020 at 4:45 p.m., Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore), in partnership with the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society and Outer Banks Forever, will celebrate the 150th anniversaries of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Dare County via special online video on the Seashore’s Facebook page and Dare County’s CURRENTtv.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Today, the House Republican Conference selected Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) to continue leading the Committee on Education and Labor Republicans in the 117th Congress. Following the announcement, Republican Leader Foxx released this statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging MICHAEL WEINSTEIN, 27, of New Haven, with unlawful possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiring to deal firearms illegally.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Winter holidays and the spring months are the busiest times of the year at Joshua Tree National Park. Crowded conditions create limited parking, full campgrounds, and lines at park entrances.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Tyrion McNair, age 28, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady following his plea of guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Justin Antoine, a/k/a Justo, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, a member of a drug trafficking organization operating in Southwest Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and to discharging a firearm resulting in death during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. In addition to the murder, Antoine admitted to being part of a shoot-out where a bystander was shot.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Alvin James Pierce, 59, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 168 months in prison on gun charges in connection with two armed bank robberies he committed earlier this year in the Charlotte area, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell also sentenced Pierce to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $4,500 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Spokane Resident Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A series of federal indictments unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia charges more than 60 defendants with felonies targeting interrelated, gang-affiliated transnational drug trafficking conspiracies that provided a pipeline of illegal drugs to coastal and south Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal grand jury indicted Wendell Bryant, 43, and Ciera Moreland, 34, on one count of bank fraud conspiracy and Bryant on one count of bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Pennsylvania Marketer Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Iceland is available on the Iceland Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton woman who was previously convicted of embezzling more than $1.3 million from her former employer now faces new fraud charges.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is in the preliminary stages of a pilot study on the feasibility of converting select disposal cell covers from rock riprap to an alternative type of cover referred to as an evapotranspiration cover.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the election by the House Democratic Caucus of Representative Gregory W. Meeks of New York to be the committee’s next Chairman...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Casper Field Office will close the Muddy Mountain Road for the winter season on Friday, December 4 at noon due to recent snow and continued possibilities for winter weather on the mountain. The annual closure protects public resources and promotes visitor safety.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will institute a change to the current pricing and structure of the Over-sand Vehicle (OSV) permit. 100% of the revenue from OSV permit sales stay in the park and are cost recovery for the management of the OSV Zone, used for maintenance, visitor and resource protection, and to enhance visitor safety specific to that area.
