News published on Federal Newswire in November 2020

News from November 2020


News Release: DAYTON - Jordan D. Carpenter, 30, of Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.


News Release: Jackson, TN - Bobby Joe Claybrook, Jr., 39, of Dyersburg, TN has been federally charged with discharging a firearm during an assault on a federal officer. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the filing of the federal criminal complaint today.


Guatemalan National Sentenced for Passport Fraud

News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national who resided in Lynn was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for passport fraud.


Rochester Man Going To Prison For Six Years Following Child Pornography Conviction

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jordan Dunn, 26 of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced, by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, to serve 72 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Terrian J. Knight (30, St. Petersburg) to 24 years in federal prison for brandishing and discharging a firearm during the course of several robberies. The court also ordered Knight to forfeit the firearm used in the offense.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Joshua Beason, 26, has pleaded guilty to three (3) counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and three (3) counts of brandishing a firearm during those crimes of violence. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney announced the guilty plea today.


Sleeping Bear Dunes will be Fee-Free on Veterans Day November 11

News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be fee-free on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Come and enjoy your park during this special time of year and on this special fee-free day!.


USDA Designates Two Missouri Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Dade and Jasper counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


News Release: DALLAS - The DEA Dallas Field Division today announced the results of two Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operations targeting international drug and firearm trafficking between Mexico and Texas. Operations Trap Mansion and Two Birds and One Stone were a sustained state-wide effort of numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from throughout Texas spanning from October of 2018 to June of 2020.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -- Public riding and driving will be restricted in parts of the Bureau of Land Management’s Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle area near Doyle, during the “Fight at the Fort"


Bucksport Woman Sentenced for Aiding and Abetting Counterfeit DVD Scheme

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Bucksport woman was sentenced in federal court in Bangor on November 2 for aiding and abetting a mail fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


USDA Designates Sherman County, Kansas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Sherman County, Kansas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


Honduran National Charged with Illegal Re-Entry

News Release: BOSTON - A Honduran national was charged in federal court in Worcester with illegally reentering the United States.


Big Stone Gap Man Sentenced to 120 Months For Role in Drug Conspiracy

News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- Sammy McMahan, the last of the 21 co-conspirators who distributed methamphetamine in Wise and Lee counties in Southwest Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for his role in the scheme. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar made the announcement today following McMahan’s sentencing.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [November 4, 2020] - Glacier National Park officials have identified the victim of a diving accident in Lake McDonald as 18-year-old Linnea Rose Mills of Missoula, Mont.


News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - In a research article published today in the journal Biology Letters, a collaborative group of paleontologists from Virginia Tech, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, University of Washington, and Petrified Forest National Park describe a new cynodont (early mammal...


U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Returns to Normal Enforcement Operations Following Hurricane Sally

News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has resumed normal enforcement operations in the coastal counties of Alabama and the westernmost portion of the Florida panhandle following Hurricane Sally.


USDA Designates Bennett County, South Dakota, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Bennett County, South Dakota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY ELLISON, a/k/a “Harv," was sentenced to 288 months in prison in connection with his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey"), the July 22, 2018, kidnapping of Daniel...