News from November 2020
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Joseph A. Salvatore as the new superintendent of Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. His new role is expected to begin on December 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Eight alleged associates of the Pomona Sur Lokotes drug trafficking organization have been arrested for their alleged roles in trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine from California and Mexico to Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Toledo has returned a nine-count indictment charging John Tyler Pla, 25, and Johnny Lee Palmer, 25, both of Tampa, Florida, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Stephen Clark accepted a plea, today, from Courtney Curtis. The 39-year-old Ferguson, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud relative to his theft of funds from his “Curtis for MO" campaign account. Curtis served as Representative of Missouri District 73 from 2013 until 2019. Most recently, Curtis served as an assistant to St. Louis County Councilwoman Rita Heard Days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Law enforcement seized almost two pounds of meth hidden in pinata, peanut butter jar destined for Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Operators of California Charity Scam Sentenced to Prison for Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A former Valdosta State Prison corrections officer was sentenced to federal prison today after being caught smuggling contraband cell phones and methamphetamine into the prison, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Following federal case defendant faces up to life in prison for sex assault in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced three individuals for trafficking methamphetamine in Catawba County, announced the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta File Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri woman was sentenced in federal court today for a Social Security and bankruptcy fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -The Bureau of Land Management is issuing a second call for nominations to the Rio Puerco Management Committee. This action is a result of President Donald Trump signing into law the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9) and Secretary’s Order 3374. As published in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations received through Dec. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Jimcy McGirt, age 71, was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse In Indian Country, and one count of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country in violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Local business owner Dauda Saibu has pleaded guilty to attempting to pay over $15,000 in bribe money to an IRS Revenue Agent to reduce his federal taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to serve a total of 72 months’ imprisonment followed by 36 months’ supervised release on his convictions for violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s surprise demotion of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a billboard campaign today in Charlotte to educate the public about the dangers of non-cooperation policies. The billboards feature at-large immigration violators who may pose a public safety threat. These individuals were previously arrested or convicted of crimes in the U.S. but were released into the community instead of being transferred to ICE custody pursuant to an immigration detainer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca S. Kanter (619) 546-7304.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: The two largest wildfires in Colorado’s history continue to burn into early November. While the bulk of these fires are on lands surrounding Rocky Mountain National Park, nearly 30,000 acres have burned within the park’s boundary.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Two corporations entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court today for conspiring to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Stacey Pomrenke and her husband Kurt Pomrenke pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to conspiring to defraud the United States while Stacey Pomrenke was on pre-trial release. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar, David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division, and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, made the announcement today.
