News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and David Chong, Public Safety Commissioner for the City of White Plains, announced the unsealing...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Sacramento International Airport (SMF) have detected two loaded firearms in the past week during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage at the security checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - On Nov. 2, 2020 Keaton Chamers Oxendine, age 26, of Robeson County, pled guilty to aiding and abetting an illegal gambling business in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1955 and 2.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - Park rangers from Congaree National Park, along with staff from Kings Mountain National Military Park and the SC Forestry Commission, will be conducting a prescribed burn on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, weather and conditions permitting. The fire will be conducted along the west side of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Whitewood, South Dakota, man and woman who both pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, have been sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: NEW ELLENTON S.C. - U.S. Forest Service employees recently held their annual longleaf pine cone collection event on Savannah River Site (SRS), gathering approximately 700 bushels of pine cones.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Sergeant Roselyn Norment has been selected as the new United States Park Police Public Information Officer. Effective 10/11/2020, Sergeant Norment is the primary contact for all media inquiries pertaining to the U.S. Park Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Colorado man was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for participating in an international conspiracy to traffic pharmaceutical drugs into the United States and distribute those drugs throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that over eight tons of prescription drugs and other items were collected in New Hampshire during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif., -- Eight saddle-trained wild horses will be available for adoption, Thursday, Nov. 19, in a virtual competitive-bid event starting at 6 p.m. Pacific Time via Zoom. The animals are offered by the Bureau of Land Management in coordination with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Gary Blair Shaffer, former Chief of the City of Manning Police Department, was sentenced to a year in federal prison for stealing nearly $80,000 in seized cash in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LESTER B. JOY, 40, formerly of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force based in Jackson, Tennessee, were injured Monday during the arrest of Bobby Joe Claybrook Jr., 39, of Dyersburg, Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two former eBay, Inc. executives were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with their roles in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Holden James Matthews, 23, of Opelousas, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for intentionally setting fire to three African-American Baptist churches because of the religious character of those buildings, Acting United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Katrina Brown (40, Jacksonville) to 33 months in federal prison and Reginald Brown (58, Jacksonville) to 18 months in federal prison. The Court also ordered Katrina Brown to pay a forfeiture money judgment of $425,335.68 and Reginald Brown to pay a forfeiture money judgment of $411,752.68, funds which are traceable to the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced plans for voting rights monitoring in Fulton and Gwinnett Counties for the Nov. 3, 2020 general election. The DOJ historically has monitored in jurisdictions in the field on election...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Join San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival for the virtual unveiling of the Mission San José Tricentennial Mural on Saturday, November 7 at 4:00 pm. The mural, Heritage, was created by local artist and teacher Sandra Gonzalez. Heritage commemorates 300...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Nov. 2, 2020, retired attorney Bruce L. Lamon, age 66, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and 3 years supervised release following his April plea of guilty to evading payment of his taxes for calendar years 2008 through 2013. Lamon was also ordered to pay $744,339 in back taxes to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wall, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Oct. 30, 2020, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.
