News published on Federal Newswire in November 2020

News from November 2020


Bergen County man sentenced to 14 years in prison for role in $7 million fraud scheme and cross-country drug distribution scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for using bogus litigation support...


Pallone Blasts Trump’s Demotion of FERC Chairman Chatterjee

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...


Husband and Wife Sentenced for International Elder Fraud Scheme

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A husband and wife were sentenced today to a combined 92 months in prison for their roles in a sophisticated fraud scheme that primarily targeted elderly Americans.


News Release: Dover, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and public health authorities, Fort Donelson National Battlefield is providing access to museum exhibits and Ranger operations in its newly placed Visitor Center, and to the exhibit room of...


BLM plans prescribed burn near San Pedro

News Release: TAOS, N.M, - Beginning Nov. 9, the Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office plans to conduct an up to 200-acre prescribed burn near San Pedro in two units. The first unit is located on BLM-managed lands in Santa Fe County on the south side of NM Highway 344, approximately 1 mile east of the intersection of NM Highway 14 and NM Highway 344. The second unit is on Verbina Road, to the east of the first unit, on State lands.


Drug Dealer Who Sold “Ghost Guns,” Silencers, and a Machinegun Sentenced to Thirty Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Possessed Twenty Firearms, Including Machineguns and a Pipe Bomb, in Downtown Cedar Rapids.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Trump Administration has continued its commitment to its America First, all-of-the- above approach to domestic energy production as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today the approval of the Yellow Pine Solar Project. This 3,000-acre project, located 10 miles southeast of Pahrump, will generate $297 million for local economies and is expected to power approximately 100,000 homes.


Jury convicts Missoula CPA of filing false tax returns

News Release: MISSOULA - A federal jury on Thursday found a Missoula accountant guilty of crimes in a scheme in which he filed false tax returns on a couple's businesses by skimming cash and deducting personal expenses like vacations, home improvements and water craft as business expenses, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.


California man sentenced to two years in prison for sexual assault on an aircraft

News Release: Defendant sexually assaulted a 20-year-old who was disabled by prescribed medication and alcohol.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China, South Korea, and Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


Release: NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded.38 caliber handgun and a magazine with 8 bullets onto an airplane at Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) Thursday.


Man and Woman in Lorain charged with sexual exploitation of children

News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Toledo has returned a one-count indictment charging Rosalina C. DRAGGA, 31, of Lorain with sexual exploitation of children. DRAGGA is accused of working with Charles NAKOFF Jr, 32, of Lorain, to produce images of child pornography.


Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Eastern Iowa Airport has just installed and is using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time.


News Release: Orchestrated the Straw Purchase of a Foreclosed Property for Her Own Benefit, Causing a Loss to the Bank of Approximately $145,000; Made False Statements to Bank Regulators Inquiring About Foreclosed Property.


Three Men Who Illegally Scuttled Abandoned Vessels in Long Island Sound Plead Guilty

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHN MAGNESS, 71, of Southbury; PETER ALBRECHT, 70, of Norwalk; and CARLOS SANTOS, 60, of Westbrook, have each pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to the scuttling of several sailboats and motor boats between the Black Rock Harbor and the Pennfield Reef Lighthouse in Long Island Sound.


San Fernando Valley Man Charged by Federal Grand Jury with Cyberstalking in Case that Targeted Women with Death Threats

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges a Chatsworth man with cyberstalking two sisters by sending them text messages that threatened them with rape and murder.


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.


Pallone Blasts Trump’s Demotion of FERC Chairman Chatterjee

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...


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A known firearms trafficker, arrested during an ATF undercover operation into illegal gun trafficking in Macon, was sentenced to federal prison, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.


News Release: News Release For Immediate Release. Contact: Morgan Smith 415-859-6796 SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IS BEGINNINGTO INCREASE ACCESS TO HYDE STREET PIER. San Francisco, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local...