News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Ryan Eugene Farley, 31, of Catawba, N.C. was sentenced to 135 months in prison and four years of supervised release on federal drug charges. As a result of Farley’s multiple prior drug trafficking convictions, the Court today sentenced him as a career offender.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Nature Matters virtual season continues with botanist and ecologist, David Lebo, as he talks about the biology, ecology, and identification of macrofungi of the Oregon Coast that produce the diversity of mushrooms that are encountered in coastal habitats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Scott...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment late yesterday charging James Dale Reed, age 42, of Frederick, Maryland, on the federal charge of threats to a major candidate for President or Vice President-specifically, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris. Reed...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Lieutenant Commander Ronald W. Zenga, 44, of Middletown, RI, a retired U.S. Navy pilot most recently stationed at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to charges he coerced a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and that he distributed, received, and possessed child pornography, all while actively serving and following his retirement from active service with the U.S. Navy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On November 9, 2020, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 20 violent gang members with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and firearms...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Government is surveying U.S. air carrier airports and passenger airlines to ascertain the level of implementation of recommendations for protection of passengers and employees from the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the air transportation system. Government agencies made these recommendations in, “Runway to Recovery: The United States Framework for Airlines and Airports to Mitigate the Public Health Risks of Coronavirus, " in July 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Algona Livestock LLC (Algona), Algona, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 2020, for an alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Algona waived its rights to a hearing and paid a penalty of $4,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hamilton, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert Kirk, age 37, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child, and distributing and possessing child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, O.K. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Will Rogers WorldAirport (OKC) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced that Troskey Banks, 23, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau published new and updated North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) codes as part of the 2017 Economic Census. The NAPCS is a comprehensive, market-based, hierarchical classification system for goods and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys John Parmley (619) 546-7957 and Jonathan Shapiro (619) 546-8225.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was indicted by a federal grandy jury for fentanyl possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Lombardi, 62, formerly of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to serve an additional 33 years in federal prison at a hearing today at the U.S. Courthouse in Tallahassee. The sentencing hearing was a result of Lombardi’s conviction in 2000 for planting and detonating two...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Ryan Eugene Farley, 31, of Catawba, N.C. was sentenced to 135 months in prison and four years of supervised release on federal drug charges. As a result of Farley’s multiple prior drug trafficking convictions, the Court today sentenced him as a career offender.
By EPA 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 Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today it will publish six final supplemental environmental impact statements (SEISs) for the management of Greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands in seven Western states. This effort further supports the collaborative process undertaken in 2019 to develop plans that reflected the needs of Western communities and sagebrush-steppe habitat.
