News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Awards Are Part of More than $458 Million in Justice Department Funding Announced by Attorney General Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Chicago Division, announced the success of DEA’s 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which occurred on Oct. 24, 2020. The DEA Chicago Division with its state, local and tribal partners safely disposed of a record 155,000 pounds of unwanted and unused prescription drugs across Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases, but since the chemicals can also end up in human food, it’s essential to ensure that they are safe. For a commonly used pesticide known as glyphosate, concerns exist...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Kentucky man was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to serve 420 months in prison for producing child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Cumberland and York counties who suffered losses caused by drought and above-normal temperatures that has occurred since May 1, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Davaun Alonzo Ambush, of Keyser, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Christopher Leyba, 34, of Albuquerque, was arraigned in federal court in on Oct. 28 on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Leyba will remain in custody pending trial.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 7, in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department when necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - November2, 2020 - United States Attorney Don Cochran announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Sarah Beth Myers and Robert S. Levine will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for tomorrow’s general...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: FinCEN Tools Used To Detect And Dismantle COVID-19 Related Elder Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN -U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant today announced more than $2 million in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime in the Western District of Tennessee. 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 Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Rangers at Mount Rainier National Park yesterday recovered the bodies of two deceased individuals from Tolmie Peak, in the northwest corner of the park. The bodies were discovered on Saturday, October 31 by hikers. An investigation, while ongoing, suggests the individuals are deceased from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds that occurred during the previous few days.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet to discuss public land management topics at a meeting to be held virtually, planned for November 30 - Dec. 1, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District will begin selling Christmas tree permits on Mon., Nov. 16. The cost of the permit is $5.00 and is valid from the date of purchase through Dec. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers today announced $1.7 million in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime in Hamilton County. 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: Department of Justice Awards More Than $458 Million to Fight Violent Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 52-year-old man has entered a guilty plea to one count of money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - A recently unsealed criminal complaint charges Miami-Dade County Police Officers Roderick Michael Flowers, 30, and Keith Maurice Edwards Jr., 28, with conspiring to traffic cocaine. It also charges Manuel Carlos Hernandez, 23, in the cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and Hernandez, Durojaiye Obafemi Monsuru Lawal, 24, and Trevanti McLeod, 23, all from South Florida, with money laundering crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Awards Are Part of More than $458 Million in FUnding from the United States Department of Justice Announced by Attorney General Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a two-count indictment charging Dazhan McCallister, age 20, of Akron with illegal possession of a machinegun and receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm.
