News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Novel Blue -Tinted Heroin Linked to Overdoses and Death.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to President Donald J. Trump today urging him to stop stonewalling and begin the presidential transfer of power for the COVID-19 response effort to stop further spread of the virus across the country
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NATALIE BARTON, age 41, of Mandeville, Louisiana, pled guilty on Nov. 18, 2020 to one count of misbranding prescription drugs, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 331(a) and 333(a)(2).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL. - Gulf Islands National Seashore has released a new mobile application to help park visitors explore the park. The app is available to download on iOS and Android. App users will find an interactive map designed to help visitors locate scenic spots, historical sites, beach accesses, trailheads, campgrounds, and amenities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tengteng Wan, age 42, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 18, 2020, by a federal grand jury on visa fraud and false statement charges.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Twenty-three police officers and deputies from around the country recognized.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Buddy Lee Harris, age 42, of Pearcy, Arkansas, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - The Pullman and Sunset Trails are closed to visitors due to a small fire which occurred this morning. The Pullman Trailhead parking area at the end of Pullman Ave is also closed. Please exercise caution and be aware of emergency vehicles and fire personnel who are still working in the area.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This evening, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nita M. Lowey, Oversight and Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, and Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to President Donald J. Trump today urging him to stop stonewalling and begin the presidential transfer of power for the COVID-19 response effort to stop further spread of the virus across the country
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Quincy George, 36, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on Nov. 16, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville to 18 years in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer. This sentence follows George’s conviction on July...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Armando Chavez Jr., 19, of Fresno, charging him with possessing over 40 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute it and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to unlawfully exporting firearm ammunition magazines, smuggling goods from the United States, and possessing unregistered firearms, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today charging Sammy Booboo Garcia, 19, of Fresno, with unlawfully possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Chip Roy...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Neguel Alfonso Morris, 40, of Laredo, Texas, was sentenced today on drug trafficking charges, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced Morris to 57 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Morris pleaded guilty on July 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: CONCORD, NH - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Luis Angel Polanco Huma, 24, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Columbian natives Freddy Montano Paz, 30, and Mariano Abregon, 33, were both sentenced before District Judge Robert A. Molloy to 60 months of incarceration on their convictions on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,535 kilograms, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Filmel Williams, Jr., age 20, of Brownstown, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James G. Carr to nine years imprisonment after Williams pleaded guilty to transportation of a stolen firearm, possession of a stolen firearm and ammunition, possession of counterfeit United States currency, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
