News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Troy Lyons Previously Admitted to His Role in Transporting More Than 50 Kilograms of Cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) during today’s hearing titled: “Examining the Surface Transportation Board’s Role in Ensuring a Robust Passenger Rail System." A recording of today’s hearing can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Fall, 44, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Haverhill was sentenced today for fentanyl distribution and illegal firearm possession, among other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Former Commonwealth Edison executives, including the former Chief Executive Officer, conspired with outside consultants to corruptly influence and reward a high-level elected official for the State of Illinois to assist with the passage of legislation favorable to the electric utility company, according to an indictment returned today in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was arrested today and charged with illegally possessing a Smith & Wesson, 40 caliber pistol and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Custer, SD - The park film at Jewel Cave National Monument earned first place in the 2020 Interpretive Media Award Competition for the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). NAI recognizes excellence in film, publications, indoor and outdoor exhibitory, and digital media. NAI awards are widely recognized as a symbol of the highest standards in interpretive media production. All entries were productions released during the 2019 calendar year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) hosted 259,618 visits* last month, up 37.58% from October 2019. This was the second-busiest October on record, trailing only the 288,705 visits recorded in October 2003.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Flinn, age 26, formerly of Canastota, New York, pled guilty yesterday to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Special Agent in Charge Kevin Kelly, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo, New York, Special Agent in Charge Kevin D. Sibley, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa, Florida, and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Shawn Louis Romero, 47 of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 180 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Romero was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York has been allocated funding to hire a prosecutor, for a one-year term, who will focus on cases involving fraudulent schemes to unlawfully obtain unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller today announced the arrest of William Blake Michael who was wanted in Limestone County, Alabama for assaulting a Law Enforcement Officer. The assault charges stemmed from a November 2019 incident in which Limestone County, Alabama Sheriff’s Deputies attempted...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Thomas A. Rennie, Age 58, of Battle Ground, Washington, and formerly of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to one year in prison, supervised release of three years, and restitution to the IRS of $1.5 million for evading payment of employment taxes and personal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Frailin Manuel Gomez-Gil, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. Release No.: 2020-35. Contact: lake_information@nps.gov. NPS SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON A REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO REHABILITATE WILLOW BEACH ROAD. BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - The former Oconee County human resources director, who admitted to stealing taxpayer money in a complicated paycheck scheme, has been sentenced to prison for her crime and will have to pay restitution, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine ways to eliminate discrimination in travel screenings by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Brandon Thompson, 33, of Columbia, was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former physician assistant at a Fountain Valley medical clinic pleaded guilty today to a federal charge that he conspired to issue and sell prescriptions for oxycodone, a highly addictive opioid painkiller, without a medical purpose, to drug dealers, knowing the drugs would be sold on the street.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Earlier today in the first federal criminal trial in the Eastern District of New York since the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Alonzo Shipp for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in connection with a 2018 shooting in South Jamaica, Queens. The verdict followed a six-day trial before United States District Judge Rachel P. Kovner. When sentenced, Shipp faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment on each count.
