News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sturgis, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Nov. 2, 2020, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Nov. 2, 2020, Jason L Howard, 36, of Crossville, was sentenced to 210 months in a federal prison, by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Howard was caught transporting nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine and a firearm. Howard pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Michael S. Frawley pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine and a quantity of Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced several significant steps to continue progress in the cleanup of Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced the conviction of two defendants charged in Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a narcotics trafficking network in Baton Rouge. The Indictment filed in this matter charged significant offenses involving heroin, methamphetamine, and “crack" cocaine, as well as several firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Canoga Park-based company that sells home medical equipment has paid $565,873 to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary medical supplies and supplies never delivered to patients.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that it is authorizing the importation of cold-treated fresh citrus fruit from South Africa into all U.S. ports of entry. After careful review, APHIS scientists determined that citrus fruit from South ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Henrico man with various charges including possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possession of a destructive device, and receipt of images of child sexual abuse.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Socorro County, New Mexico, 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.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District plans to conduct a prescribed burn of 900 acres in the Kyune Creek area between November 1 and Nov. 12, as conditions allow. The project area is located in Utah County, approximately 18 miles north of Price, Utah, along Highway 6.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Ahna Wilson as superintendent of Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York. She will also oversee the management of Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: United States Seizes 27 Additional Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Further a Global, Covert Influence Campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Benjamin John Woodring, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 77 months incarceration for drug distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Rodney Phipps, 30, of Georgetown, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced Darvell Wharton to 144 months (12 years) in prison for his role in an armed bank robbery. The 39 year old is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Omar Vera-Velazquez, 23, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that nineteen defendants have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: Miami, FL - During the early morning hours of Oct. 29, the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Task Force arrested in Miramar a fugitive wanted on an outstanding federal warrant, which resulted in discovery of automatic firearms and counterfeit credit cards.