News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident - charged in a 10-count indictment with coercing underage girls via Facebook to work as prostitutes for him - made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court today, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demetrius Lowry, a/k/a Little D, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of obstructing an official proceeding, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Amy Marie Mishoe, 33, of Conway, was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of Fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Career Criminal has Lengthy History. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - November 9, 2020 - A Nashville man with a lengthy criminal history spanning two decades was sentenced last week to 17 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Timothy Lamont Page, 50, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Thomas Povondra, 54, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Omaha by Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon to 42 months’ imprisonment for Sale of a Card Purporting to be a Social Security Card and Aggravated Identity Theft. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release, Povondra will serve a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Officer Amaury Abreu Allegedly Advised Drug Trafficking Organization about Law Enforcement Procedures and Provided Information from NYPD Database.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Reginald Dontae Williamson, Jr., 26, has been sentenced to 77 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - November 9, 2020 - A criminal complaint was unsealed Friday charging the local leader of an MS-13 Gang clique with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Georgia Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Offense for Assaulting Inmate.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, November 9, 2020-Agricultural Research Service scientists have confirmed a biocontrol insect they have been releasing to fight the invasive weed known as Cape-ivy has become established in at least four locations along the California coast.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL PARKER, age 26, of Houma, Louisiana, was charged on November 6, 2020 in a three-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a machinegun in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841 and Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922 and 924.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Obed Torres Garcia, 23, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more of heroin, and using, carrying and discharging firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 255 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 39-year-old Justin John Shorey of Schertz, TX, to 51 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to aiming a laser pointer at a San Antonio Police Department helicopter, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: Kotzebue, AK - The November 10th Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) meeting for Kobuk Valley National Park and Cape Krusenstern National Monument has been postponed due to the passing of a long time SRC member. The staff of Western Arctic National Parklands joins with the family and community in grieving this loss.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the incoming Biden Administration announcing the members of its COVID-19 Advisory Board. Senator Murray has repeatedly...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2020
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest Colorado Fire and Aviation Management Unit plans to conduct prescribed pile burning in several locations on BLM-administered lands in the Tres Rios Field Office as early as Monday, November 9 as conditions allow, including:.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2020
News Release: Pacific and Clatsop Counties have a wealth of excellent tourist attractions and it is easy for local residents to take them for granted and forget that they are welcome to enjoy these resources even if they live here. For this year’s Hometown Tourism Day on Wednesday, November 11 (Veterans Day), several...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2020
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - On Sunday, November 8 at 2:30 pm, Everglades, Biscayne, and Dry.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2020
News Release: Springfield, OR - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance and an accompanying one-pager to help employers understand which standards are most frequently cited during coronavirus-related inspections. OSHA based these documents on data from ...
