News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 33-year-old Laredo man has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to transport, and transporting, an undocumented alien in addition to conspiring and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana (EDLA) announced that IRVIN MAYFIELD, age 43, a resident of New Orleans, and RONALD MARKHAM, age 42, also a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the New Orleans Public Library Foundation out of approximately $1,316,232. Sentencing is currently set for February 9, 2020 before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is recruiting a Community Volunteer Ambassador for 2021. The intern will work with park staff at the Main Visitor Center in Copper Center to create an Interpretation and Education volunteer program for the park. This 50-week paid internship...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey man appeared before a federal judge today on charges that he produced and possessed images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - Additional air monitoring stations are being installed that will enhance environmental and radiological data collection during demolition of the Portsmouth Site’s three large gaseous diffusion plant buildings where uranium was enriched throughout the Cold War.
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 Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Kemmerer, WY- Due to recent snowfall, the Fossil Butte National Monument scenic drive is now closed for the season. It will re-open in Spring 2021 when the weather permits. The drive is gated at the Visitor Center parking lot, and at the two northern BLM entrances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Twelve defendants face federal felony charges related to illegal firearms possession after their indictments by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Since 2013, when the National Park Service (NPS) began reducing the deer population in Rock Creek Park, the park’s tree seedling density has more than doubled. To continue to protect and restore native plants and promote healthy and diverse forests, Rock Creek Park will conduct deer management operations between Nov. 16, 2020, and March 31, 2021. .
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Coral Reef Condition Status Report was developed by NOAA's National Coral Reef Monitoring Program and UMCES’s Integration and Application Network offsite link using data collected between 2012 and 2018. The scores are denoted as “very good," “good," “fair," “impaired," and “critical." The report was based on four categories when assigning a score: corals and algae abundance, reef fish populations, influence of climate on coral reefs, and human connections to reefs.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a request from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) to extend deregulation to a corn variety developed using genetic engineering. Seed Production Technology for Africa ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft of the Southern District of.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: DENVER - A little-known team of experts at the Denver Federal Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is preserving America’s nuclear weapons research, a commitment that involves capturing, organizing, and digitizing decades of information.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Felipe Genao Minaya, 49, of Nagua, Dominican Republic, was sentenced on November 6, 2020 by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Minaya received a sentence of 70 months’ imprisonment with a three-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: EM contractors across the complex have been honored with a variety of awards for safety and health excellence in DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 65-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison after he admitted to conspiring to commit money laundering for his role in a complex email fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent letters to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar reminding them to comply...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: New Orleans, LA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is increasing access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Gerald D. Harris, a former supervisor in DeKalb County’s Tax Commissioner’s Office, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for accepting bribe payments from customers to unlawfully register vehicles and for attempting to blackmail a bribe payer by threatening to inform on her to the FBI.
