News from November 2020
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: A man who distributed videos online depicting the sexual abuse of children, including one in which a male teenager was lying face down and sexually assaulted, was sentenced November 5, 2020, to more than twenty years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kanab Field Office will transition to a winter schedule for the Coyote Buttes North (The Wave) and Coyote Buttes South in-person lotteries beginning November 20. As such, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday permits will be issued on the preceding Friday at 8:30 a.m. MST, located at 180 East 100 North, Kanab, Utah 84741.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Mary Denham, 61, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court today for assaulting another inmate at the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Quantico man with wire fraud in connection with his scheme to embezzle over $380,000 from his former union, which represented federal law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA - A former Ennis pharmacist who admitted dispensing opioids to himself and to a friend using forged or altered prescriptions was sentenced today to five months in prison, followed by five months of home confinement, three years of supervised release and was fined $4,500, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Asheville, N.C. - A federal jury in Asheville has convicted Shannon White, 43, of Bryson City, N.C. for the distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, announced Robert J. Murphy, the Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Murphy of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Field Division, which oversees the Asheville Post of Duty, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray and Swain County Sheriff Curtis A. Cochran.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Daniel Galindo, 26, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced by the Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 15 years’ imprisonment for distribution of methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. Once he completes his prison term, Galindo will begin a 10-year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - With the recent winter weather, bison are once again on or near the roadways of Wind Cave National Park, especially Highway 385 at the park’s south entrance.
By State Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Love, Jr., age 31, of Amsterdam, New York, was ordered detained yesterday on a charge of distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Cameron Benjamin, 22, of Nampa, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 97 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Benjamin to serve 15 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Benjamin pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 17, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Portland Resident Indicted for Providing Material Support to ISIS.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - Logging operations will begin this month on the Bureau of Land Management’s Blue Creek East Timber Sale in the Wallace Forest Conservation Area (WFCA) at Blue Creek Bay. The project will address forest health issues and the reduction of hazardous fuels to reduce the threat of wildfire in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
Release: WARWICK, R.I. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed two new pieces of high-tech checkpoint screening equipment at T.F. Green International Airport. The new equipment screens passenger carry-on baggage and other items and has the potential to decrease the need for manual searches; whether it is a suitcase, duffel-bag, knapsack, handbag, box, or other items.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County financial advisor and lawyer was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars of his pro athlete clients’ money and investing it in a cash-losing ticket company on which he was a board member.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christina E. Nolan announced today improvements to her office’s Victim Resource Guide. Victims and their supporters can now access a directory of assistance-related resources at www.vtvictimresources.com. This guide provides a central listing of the valuable resources and services available...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Eduardo Portillo, also known as “Firuli" and “Tito" (Portillo), a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13," and a fugitive from justice, was extradited from El Salvador to the United States early this morning. Portillo, who was arrested...
