News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Great Falls - A federal jury today convicted a Wolf Point man accused of assaulting and abusing a minor on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is excited to announce the debut of a new, interactive virtual tour of the first floor of the Texas White House.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Deonte Cooper 25, of Ashtabula, Ohio, who was convicted of conspiring to traffic firearms from Ohio to Buffalo following a three week jury trial, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: The Department of the Interior announced today that it has once again made substantial progress to reduce the risk of wildfire nationwide, treating 5.4 million acres of land since 2017 and a ten-year best, 1.5 million acres in Fiscal Year 2020. Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Bernhardt...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - An Albemarle man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for charges involving heroin and fentanyl distribution, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Inveterate identity thief changed aircraft registration paperwork so she could sell planes to unwitting buyers.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: During post-collection processing, certain processing anomalies have been discovered. These types of processing anomalies have occurred in past censuses. I am directing the Census Bureau to utilize all resources available to resolve this as expeditiously as possible. As it has been all along, our goal remains an accurate and statistically sound Census.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce the selection of Mike Gates as the new District Manager for the West Desert District. Gates previously served as the Fillmore Field Manager and in a temporary assignment as Acting West Desert District Manager and will now hold the position permanently.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore will virtually commemorate three important anniversaries next month. The special events will be available to watch on social media and Dare County’s CURRENTtv.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Nov. 19, 2020, through Jan. 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Somerset, Kentucky man, Bradley D. Hall, 38, was sentenced to 408 months in federal prison on Thursday, before U.S. District Court Judge Claria Horn Boom, after being convicted of two counts of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Ramon Santoyo-Cristobal, aka Dr. Wagner, a former Mexican Federal Police officer and alleged Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker, was extradited to the United States from Italy yesterday.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Tomorrow, the House will vote on H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020. This shortsighted legislation doubles down on a flawed 80-year-old system, mandates union giveaways, and limits employers’ abilities to create apprenticeship programs that meet the unique needs of their workers.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging has been installed and is in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Greater Rochester International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of unlawfully distributing or dispensing a controlled substance, and was sentenced to six months probation and fine of $3,000, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has dismissed the appeal of Tennessee resident Friedrich Karl Berger, a German citizen who was ordered removed from the United States earlier this year on the basis of his service in Nazi Germany in 1945 as an armed guard of concentration camp prisoners...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Seattle - United States Attorney Brian T. Moran announced today that the Western District of Washington has been allocated funding to hire an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA), for a one-year term, who will focus on prosecuting cases involving fraudulent schemes to obtain unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and related offenses through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Nigerian national pleaded guilty today in connection with defrauding victims using various online scams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Nine defendants have been accused in a federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court of operating a drug trafficking operation in multiple south Georgia counties.
