News published on Federal Newswire in November 2020

News from November 2020


Owner and Operator of India-Based Call Centers Sentenced to Prison for Scamming U.S. Victims out of Millions of Dollars

News Release: Owner and Operator of India-Based Call Centers Sentenced to Prison for Scamming U.S. Victims out of Millions of Dollars.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Juwan Floyd, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced today to 87 months of incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: California Meth Dealer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Todd H. Lahr, 60, of Nazareth, PA, was sentenced to six and one half years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,106,918 in restitution by United States District Court Judge...


ICE HSI investigated Colorado man sentenced to prison for smuggling gun parts out of the US and possessing unregistered firearms

News Release: DENVER - A Colorado man was sentenced Nov. 30 to serve nearly 4 years in federal prison for smuggling gun parts out of the United States and possessing unregistered firearms.


Defendant Convicted at Trial in Massive Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Twelve Years

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Malik Martin a/k/a “Leek", 37, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release by United States Senior District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick for his role in an extensive, national drug trafficking conspiracy.



Truck Driver Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Minors During A Cross-Country Trip

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Jason Leonard Valdivia, 28, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, was sentenced today by visiting U.S. District Judge Laurie J. Michelson, in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, to serve 300 months in federal prison for transporting a minor in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity with the minor.


Three Lincoln Gang Members Indicted in RICO Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced federal criminal charges against three members of the Day One Brothers gang in Lincoln, Nebraska. Edward Dean Williams, a.k.a. “Eddie", Antonio Corell Shannon, a.k.a. “Mack Glock," a.k.a. “Tone," and Emmanuel Charles Kuot, a.k.a. “E-Mon," are charged with conspiring...


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 19-year-old resident of Harlingen has been ordered to federal prison after he claimed he was being “edgy" when threatening to destroy the Federal Reserve, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Reclamation, Biggs-West Gridley Water District and Ducks Unlimited complete major milestone in Gray Lodge Wildlife Area water supply project

News Release: SACRAMENTO Calif- The Bureau of Reclamation, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. and Biggs-West Gridley Water District completed the second phase of a five-phase construction project to improve water conveyance for the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. This milestone includes increasing capacity of two major canals that feed water to the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, home to more than a million waterfowl annually.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Division and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Vinson, 33, La Crosse, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One of 16 members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB), a prison-based gang, charged in 2019 for organized criminal activity inside and outside of California’s prisons has pleaded guilty today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Gustavo Adolfo Pareja, 26, of Cali, Colombia, pled guilty today to conspiracy to import 50 kilograms of cocaine for distribution in the United States. Pareja was extradited from Colombia to the Northern District of Florida last month, following an extensive investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty plea.


News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Gorham man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to receiving and possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - With winter fast approaching, the Bureau of Land Management reminds public land users of annual motorized travel restrictions in the Lander Field Office area.


Exeter Woman Admits to Lying on Firearm Purchase Form

News Release: PROVIDENCE - An Exeter woman today admitted to a federal court judge that she lied on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) form and a State of Rhode Island state application while attempting to purchase a firearm from a federally licensed firearm dealer.


2021 Youth Arts in the Parks Contest Now Open for Wildlife (Glen Jean)

News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Youth Arts in the Parks (YAP) 2021 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest time is here with a NEW creature feature. Local students can tap into their love of nature by entering this year’s contest in two categories, the classic handmade Wildflower Art and the NEW Digital...


2021 Youth Arts in the Parks Contest Now Open for Wildlife (Glen Jean)

News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Youth Arts in the Parks (YAP) 2021 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest time is here with a NEW creature feature. Local students can tap into their love of nature by entering this year’s contest in two categories, the classic handmade Wildflower Art and the NEW Digital...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - William Frances Stevens, 53, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft and has agreed to pay full restitution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.