News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas woman was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison after a hearing in which prosecutors said she sold heroin laced with fentanyl, while ignoring overdoses among buyers in Leavenworth.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati police officer pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to submitting false tax returns by failing to report cash income she earned from off-duty work details.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced RONALD ARTHUR BLAIN, 52, of Cheyenne to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Jackson Williams, 36, on Oct. 30, 2020 to 211 months' imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. There is no parole in the federal system. Williams will serve a five-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - The National Park Service (NPS) seeks public comment on an engineering evaluation/cost analysis (EE/CA) for the selection of a non-time critical cleanup action at the former Quarry Firing Range (QFR) site in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Schroder announced $1,875,130 in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime in Alaska. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $458 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The leader of an Atlantic City drug-trafficking organization was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Willie Edward Robinson, Jr., of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - Rufino Costales Jr. made his initial appearance today after being charged in a criminal complaint alleging he possessed an unregistered firearm silencer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Jackson Williams, 36, on Oct. 30, 2020 to 211 months’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. There is no parole in the federal system. Williams will serve a five-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced the results of a review of all election polling places in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to determine their compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. This massive undertaking, which was announced on February...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Scott W. Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, today announced that the number of cases being prosecuted by the district reached another all-time record high in fiscal year 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today to producing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Lovell, WY - Trail Creek Campground near Barry’s Landing is still open, and the Afterbay and Grapevine Creek Campgrounds near Fort Smith, Montana remain open for the winter. The campground at Horseshoe Bend is closed for the month of November for construction. Staff initially hoped to have the project...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Nov. 2, 2020 - With containment increasing across area fires, the wilderness closures in Sequoia National Park are being reduced in size to allow for more access. The SQF Complex no longer poses an imminent threat to the Mineral King valley or the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River drainage. The Rattlesnake Fire growth has not shown new growth to the north and east and has slowed overall to the south and west.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: A man who was a felon and drug user and hid a firearm outside his former girlfriend’s home in Waterloo was sentenced today to four years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Henry County, Ohio, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by drought and excessive heat that occurred from June 1 through Aug. 26, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will accept applications from airport sponsors through Dec. 17, 2020, under the Fiscal Year 2021 Military Airport Program (MAP). The MAP provides funding to help develop former military airports or designated joint-use military airfields for civilian use.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The year 2020 has been a unique one for all of us. Wildfires on the West Coast, hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, devastating storms in the heartland, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have all demonstrated the necessity of having key infrastructure in place. We at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - This week Fort Pulaski National Monument begins two projects that will limit access into the historic fort and will close the popular Lighthouse Overlook Trail. The projects will affect these areas until the spring of 2021. When completed, the much needed work will greatly improve the visitor experience along the Lighthouse Trail and will allow for safe access into historic Fort Pulaski for years to come.
