News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: Pennsylvania Man Charged with Trafficking in Endangered and Invasive Fish.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Two men were sentenced today in United States District Court after an investigation into drug trafficking activities in the Ville Platte area, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. Judge Robert R. Summerhays sentenced the two defendants as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nov. 16, 2020 - A Nashville man convicted last year of drug distribution and firearms charges was sentenced Friday to 30 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Robert J. Bell announced that more than 26 individuals have been charged with various narcotics trafficking or firearms offenses as part of a federal investigation into illegal activities on the West Side of Chicago. As part of the investigation, law enforcement shut down a telephone drug hotline, according to a criminal complaint recently unsealed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Olympic National Park welcomes Scott Jacobs as the new Chief Ranger. Ranger Jacobs is coming to Olympic from the National Park Service Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC) on the Georgia coast, where he served as the National Program Manager for the Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP). The FTEP is an agency-wide collaboration that delivers real-world law enforcement training and experience to recent academy graduates.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Iraqi national was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for willfully failing to comply with the terms of release under supervision, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Zuckerberg: We write to express our deep concern regarding anti-Muslim bigotry on Facebook. An independent civil rights audit of the company from July 2020 highlighted disturbing examples of anti-Muslim abuse on the platform ranging “[f]rom the organization of events designed to intimidate...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Chelsea Leigh Short, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Nov. 16, 2020, by Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Short received a sentence of 132 months with a five-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program is announcing the release of its FY 2021 SBIR/STTR Phase I topics. Covering the research and development priorities of all EERE’s Technology Offices, these 12 topics comprised of 49 subtopics solicit innovative research across all three EERE Technology Sectors: Transportation, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national who previously resided in Chelsea was charged with the April 21, 2020 armed robbery of Lanzilli’s Grocery in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Authorities are seeking other potential victims following the return of an indictment against a 25-year-old Arcola man on federal civil rights violations, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - More than 26 individuals have been charged with various narcotics trafficking or firearms offenses as part of a federal investigation into illegal activities on the West Side of Chicago. As part of the investigation, law enforcement shut down a telephone drug hotline, according to a criminal complaint recently unsealed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska -The BLM will publish a notice tomorrow calling for nominations and comments on 32 tracts covering all 1.6 million acres of the Coastal Plain along the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to consider in its upcoming Coastal Plain oil and gas lease sale.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: SALEM, MA - For the next several weeks, the National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Center will be operating remotely out of the Waite & Peirce giftshop located at 193 Derby Street. The Salem Armory Visitor Center will remain closed to the public throughout the holiday season.
By State Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Vancito Gumbs, a former DeKalb County police officer and member of the Gangster Disciples, has been sentenced for racketeering conspiracy involving murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: 'Investigator/Caregiver' sought $2.5 million in Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Van Raymond Brollini, 71, a former resident of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 33 months in prison for evading payment of approximately $310,000 in federal tax owed to the government. Brollini was also ordered to pay $510,937.68 in restitution and approximately $6,000 in prosecution costs. Brollini was remanded into federal custody immediately after his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - More than 26 individuals have been charged with various narcotics trafficking or firearms offenses as part of a federal investigation into illegal activities on the West Side of Chicago. As part of the investigation, law enforcement shut down a telephone drug hotline, according to a criminal complaint recently unsealed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management has concluded its 2020 Red Desert Complex wild horse gather operation early, due to winter weather conditions and for the safety of staff, the public and the horses.
