News from November 2020
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Silver City, NM - Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument announces its winter hours of operation starting Sunday Nov. 15, 2020 and will remain in place through Monday Feb. 15, 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Brian Maiorana, a resident of Staten Island, with threatening to kill and ordering others to kill protestors, politicians and law enforcement in retaliation for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Maiorana was arrested this morning, and made his initial appearance this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara. Maiorana was ordered detained pending trial.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 600 grams of crack cocaine.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Jamarius Tillie (28, Jacksonville) to five years and eight months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers and conspiring to steal firearms from such dealers. Tillie had pleaded guilty on Jan. 17, 2020.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John L. Badalamenti has sentenced Jesus Robin Suarez (48, Naples), Kevin Robin Suarez (25, Naples), and Andrea Joselin Suarez (28, Naples) to federal prison for their roles in a firearms straw purchasing conspiracy. Jesus Suarez was sentenced to six years and ...

By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Strong City, Kansas -Who says you can’t fit the prairie in your pocket? Soon you will be able to carry a piece of the prairie with a beautiful butterfly in your pocket and it won’t matter if it gets washed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former officer with the Torrance Police Department (TPD) has been charged with being an unlicensed firearms dealer who sold dozens of guns, as well as certifying he was the actual purchaser of a handgun, when, in fact, he was buying the gun for another person, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago businessman has been charged with fraud for allegedly swindling more than $2.6 million from hospitals who paid for scarce personal protective equipment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 51-year-old Brian Alfaro, owner of Primera Energy, LLC, to 121 months in federal prison for scheming to defraud investors in his company, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By State Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Shaun Nebblett, also known as “Shaun Wyatt" and “Dapper," will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to import cocaine and other narcotics offenses. Nebblett was extradited to the United States from Guyana on November 6, 2020, the first from Guyana facing federal charges in the United States since 1999.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Today, federal authorities arrested three individuals charged in connection with a scheme to defraud several San Antonio financial institutions of more than $13 million, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: ST. GEORGE, UT - Each year hundreds of people enjoy finding their Christmas and holiday trees on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management’s Arizona Strip Field Office has begun selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine and juniper trees online. To obtain a tree permit for the Arizona Strip Field Office go to:.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man today admitted to knowingly distributing and selling to individuals throughout the United States an unregistered pesticide imported from Nigeria, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Tommy Constantine Conspired With Investment Advisor Phillip Kenner to Divert Funds for Personal Use.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - To commemorate Veterans Day and honor those who have served in the military, all National Park Service entrance fees will be waived for everyone on November 11. In addition, beginning on Veterans Day, the Trump Administration will provide free entrance to national parks for Gold Star Families and veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Three Hardy and Grant County residents are facing fentanyl and firearms charges after a grand jury in Wheeling indicted them in October, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Update Nov. 10, 2020. Investigation into the fatal fall on October 8 from Willow Gulch in the Escalante Arm of Lake Powell has resulted in limited additional information. The victim has been identified as Cory James Christensen, a 49-year old male. Flagstaff, Arizona was his last known residence.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Ahead of this morning’s oral arguments in California v. Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement affirming the necessity of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A couple from Miami, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.