News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Perry County man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Morgan Wency Ventura Sanchez, 23, of Fresno, charging him with possessing fentanyl, LSD, cocaine, and heroin with intent to distribute the controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO -Join us at Ozark National Scenic Riverways for a variety of hiking opportunities this fall! All activities and events are free of charge, and are scheduled for Saturdays at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark accepted a plea, today, from Donald W. Sanders. The 62-year-old Williamsville resident pleaded guilty to one felony count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and one felony count of Attempting to Intimidate or Threaten a Government Witness.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: PRICE, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office has concluded the gather and removal of excess wild horses from areas in and around the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) in Emery County, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - 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 Pedro Santos, 47, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm as a result of a federal investigation into a shooting on April 19, 2020, in New Bedford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today on charges of illegally possessing a handgun and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Morgan Wency Ventura Sanchez, 23, of Fresno, charging him with possessing fentanyl, LSD, cocaine, and heroin with intent to distribute the controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park is partnering with Big Read Morongo Basin on a new art exhibition by Artist in Residence, Sharon Lee Hart. Be in the Wildlife is inspired by Hart’s fall 2019 artist residency at the national park. The exhibition is currently online at www.bigreadmorongobasin.com/exhibitions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Philadelphia woman and Dominican Republican man have been charged federally with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: FBI San Diego Presents 2019 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award to Jewish Family Service.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fort Pulaski National Monument is increasing access to the interior of Fort Pulaski. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE TUCKER, also known as “Mo," 37, of Hartford was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces that the park will close to all visitors and vehicular access due to significant smoke impacts and hazardous air quality throughout the park. All park entrance stations and roads will close beginning at 5:00 pm tonight, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENDALL FAIR, 21, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in connection with an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton, where multiple gunshots were fired at Brockton Police Officers during a high-speed chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announces three separate Indictments involving three defendants who were charged with a variety of crimes against children.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Harlem man who admitted beating and strangling a woman on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kristy Brucz, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to serve two years’ probation and to pay restitution totaling $1,911.23.
