News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: St. John, USVI - The Trump Administration signed a preliminary agreement today to pursue a land swap between the National Park Service and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The agreement opens the door for local officials to finally achieve their long-standing effort to construct the first K-12 public school...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed today charging seven members of the It’s Just Us (IJU) street gang with various crimes including RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kemnorris Kinsey, age 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 150 months in federal prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of ...
By State Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
Release: The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) is excited to announce our new 2020 Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS) awardees. The TIP Office has awarded the Warnath Group $15 million and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) $5.61 million. Both awardees will strengthen global anti-trafficking efforts to measure and reduce the prevalence of modern slavery and assess the effectiveness of interventions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys Lindsey Greer Dotson and Thomas F. Rybarczyk will serve as District Election Officers for the Central District of California during this year’s general election period, which culminates on Election Day on November 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Seth D. DuCharme, the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: OMAHA, Neb.-The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, Oct. 24, at multiple locations across the country including more than 200 sites within the five state Omaha Division comprised of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Jayson Fernandez Butay, 25, of Sacramento, charging him with production and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Shaun Thaxter, the former chief executive officer of Indivior PLC, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 6 months in federal prison. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $100,000 and forfeit $500,000. Thaxter pleaded guilty to a one-count misdemeanor information...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Jerrell Tito Bowman, 35, of Asheville, to 185 months in prison and eight years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Sent the Victim Hundreds of Harassing and Threatening Emails and Voicemails.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS - The Bureau of Land Management personnel will burn woody debris piles on land it manages near Tanacross Oct. 26-31 to reduce the risk of wildfire, protect private property and community members, and provide a safe space for firefighters to suppress fires in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph Price (619) 546-7642.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAN LEONARDO SANCHEZ MATA, 33, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - Unusually warm and dry conditions persist in Arizona, and fire activity continues across the state. As outdoor recreation increases in the Colorado River District, public lands users are reminded that BLM lands in western Arizona remain under fire restrictions.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV -New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts announces that the Tailwaters area of Gauley River National Recreation Area will be intermittently closed for a paving and milling project beginning Monday, October 26. Four days of closures over two weeks will be necessary to complete the project, stated Watts, with specific dates to be weather-determined during the course of the two weeks. The road and area will be open, however, on weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man has been charged with conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband, including tobacco, cell phone chargers, and a cell phone, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - As part of the Trump Administration’s goal of promoting responsible energy development, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office proposes to offer 21 parcels, totaling approximately 23,648.56 acres, at its oil and gas lease sale on December 8, 2020. The parcels are located in Iron, Grand, and Uintah counties on lands managed by the BLM’s Cedar City, Vernal, and Moab field offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced today the arrest of Kendrick Jones who was wanted by the Brownsville Police Department for Second Degree Murder in the October 16th murder of Patrick Shaw, Sr. Marshals say they were contacted earlier this week after Jones was named as a suspect in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: For Possessing With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances and Possessing a Firearm In Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
