News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three Berkeley County residents have admitted to their roles in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man pleaded guilty today to brandishing a firearm during separate robberies of two banks and a shoe store in Northern Virginia in 2018 and 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park is seeking volunteers to assist Oak Ridge unit staff. Opportunities include staffing the visitor contact station at Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge and meeting and greeting visitors while providing information about the park. Opportunities to provide informational programs may also exist.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Senior Advisor William “Ike" White visited the Hanford Site last week to view progress on the environmental cleanup mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Calvin Whiteside, 27, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on Oct. 29 on two counts of bank robbery. Whiteside will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - A South Georgia man who has alternated much of his past three decades between selling illegal drugs or serving time in prison has been sentenced to spend nearly 20 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization centered in Coffee County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Dennis Busch, 40, of Costa Mesa, California was sentenced today on federal wire fraud charges, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. Busch was sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 72 months (6 years) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. In addition, he was ordered to pay $63,045 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - It’s been 25 years since EM, the state of Idaho, and U.S. Navy signed a landmark agreement providing timelines for offsite transuranic waste shipments, the transfer of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage, and the treatment and shipment of high-level radioactive wastes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Stuart Kurt Rollins, 59, of Barre City, Vermont, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release for a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 3631, a federal hate crime statute. Rollins has been detained since Nov. 27, 2019, and thus has served nearly a year in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Jay James Fields, 38, pled guilty yesterday to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Oct. 18 - Oct. 24, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: The National Park Service is planning four prescribed fires this fall at Indiana Dunes National Park. Approximately 897 acres are expected to be burned. Fire is used as a tool for the park's long-term restoration and hazard fuel reduction efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Quaison Maurice Harris, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old former Border Patrol (BP) agent has been ordered to prison following his conviction on multiple drug trafficking charges and threatening a federal agent with bodily harm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Christopher M. Perry Photographed His Sexual Exploitation of a Child Under Five Years of Age.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: A McKinney man who conned investors out of more than $13 million has pleaded guilty to securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Christopher Francisco, 30, of Boyle County, Kentucky, was sentenced last week to 322 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Robert Wier, for possession with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Milwaukee Man Sentenced to Ten Years in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Katy O’Hara, the partnerships program lead with the Department of the Interior Office of Wildland Fire (DOI OWF) has been selected as the new National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Equipment & Technology Branch Coordinator position recently vacated by the retirement of Paul Schlobohm.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- Chickasaw National Recreation Area’s annual Historic Candlelight Tour, originally planned for October, is now scheduled to happen on December 4th and 5th. In order to allow for a safer experience during a pandemic, this year’s tour will be self-guided and will not feature actors.
