News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Joseph Miles, a Wythe County, Virginia man who conspired to distribute oxycodone and illegally possessed a firearm, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to a pair of federal charges, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Stephen H. McIntyre (51, Tampa) to five years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to commit money laundering. The court also ordered McIntyre to forfeit more than $690,000, a 2014 Cadillac Escalade, and other funds that are traceable to the proceeds of the money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Awards Are Part of More than $458 Million in Justice Department Funding Announced by Attorney General Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that two complaints have been filed against Kharim Moore, Trevon Richards and Dennis Weekes for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Moore, Richards and Weekes made their initial appearances in federal court Thursday, November 5th, in St. Thomas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The National Park Service (NPS) today released final regulations in response to the March 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sturgeon v. Frost. That decision determined that the NPS regulatory authority was limited by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Cristian Valencia-Mendoza of Colombia, was sentenced after being found guilty by a jury of Conspiracy to Possess and Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute on Board a Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized its rules today to allow nearly 2,000 Alaska Native veterans to apply for federal land allotments of up to 160 acres in the state under the 2019 Dingell Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Mississippi Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for False IRS Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Brewer man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for being a felon in possession of two firearms, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - The National Park Service (NPS) will close the Station Road Bridge Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 - Friday, March 26, 2021. Contractors will remove and replace the bridge deck and paint the iron structure. There will be no access to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Station Road...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Colorado man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to offer and sell unregistered securities and tax evasion in connection with a $722 million cryptocurrency mining scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: THREE MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS SENTENCED FOR ARMED CARJACKING.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Burlington International Airport are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jhajuan Sabb, age 21, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to threatening to attack the Troy Police Department during a June 2020 demonstration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dorian Dawson was sentenced to 11 years and 10 months (142 months) in prison for fentanyl trafficking while on state parole for prior heroin trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Brewer man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for being a felon in possession of two firearms, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Savannah man who participated in an attempted robbery and armed carjackings across south Georgia has pled guilty to a series of violent crime charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Francisco Javier Ochoa-Anaya, 49, residing in Denair, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 26 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
