News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced that federal prosecutors in the District of South Dakota, working cooperatively with law enforcement agencies across the State, charged 139 defendants with firearms-related charges during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges imposed on ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced in federal court in Bangor today for attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Whitsel had prior convictions for Forgery, Theft, Burglary, and Domestic Abuse Assault.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - Until further notice, the Bureau of Reclamation plans a cycle of closing the Delta Cross Channel gates during weekdays beginning Monday, November 2 at 10 a.m., in order to meet the standard for minimum Sacramento River flows at Rio Vista. The gates are expected to reopen Fridays around 10 a.m. to facilitate weekend recreation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Last week, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox presented the 2020 United States Attorney’s Awards of Excellence, honoring law enforcement officers and agents who exceed the call of duty to keep their communities safe.
By State Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced legislation to restrict the sales of certain arms to Middle East countries outside of Israel unless those countries meet a number of benchmarks. Chairman Engel introduced the Middle East Advanced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: U.S. Marshals Operation Results in Recovery of 27 Missing Children in Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: VERNAL, UTAH - On Sunday, November 1 at 12:01 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Green River District (GRD) will rescind the fire ban put in place on July 23 on BLM managed lands located within Uintah, Duchesne, Daggett, Emery and Carbon Counties.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
Release: PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a contract employee at Philadelphia International Airport with a loaded handgun as the man entered a secure door leading to the tarmac in Terminal E, on Friday, October 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - United States Attorney Brian Kuester announced today the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. Assistant United States Attorney Nalani Ching will serve as the District...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Effective today, the Bureau of Land Management Central California District modified fire restrictions on BLM-managed public lands to accommodate variable conditions across the District. The changes reinstate seasonal fire restrictions issued by field offices, which allow campfires within designated campgrounds and recreational target shooting in some areas.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Wyoming counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN HANNA, also known as “Zo," 52, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK - Make sure your vote is counted! Kids (and kids at heart) are invited to vote in our special Lindenwald election on Tuesday, November 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging David Levon Massey (31, Cape Coral) with possession with the intent to distribute heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl. If convicted, Massey faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Massey has two prior convictions for federal drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Tarius Montez Taylor, a/k/a "T," 30, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 34-count superseding indictment charging seven defendants for their roles in a narcotics conspiracy. Defendants Rocco A. Beardsley, Tyler N. Tedesco, Miller Hagga, a/k/a Kido, Kylie M. Reeves...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced the filing of a complaint on Thursday to forfeit two shipments of Iranian missiles that the U.S. Navy seized in transit from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to militant groups in Yemen, as well as the sale of approximately 1.1 million barrels...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for distributing fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: A Maple Heights mail carrier was arrested this morning and charged on a federal criminal complaint in the Northern District of Ohio. U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Cleevely announced that De’Andrian L. Rice, age 27, of...
