News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Elaine M. Levidow (60, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud and one count of fraud involving Department of Education Financial Aid. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count of wire fraud and up to 5 years’ imprisonment for the financial aid fraud. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) released the first in a series of joint videos to share lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - Crews from the U.S. Geological Survey Research Drilling Unit, working on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office, have started installing a geothermal monitoring well in Mammoth Lakes on National Forest System lands in the northwest portion of the Old Shady Rest Campground.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending the face mask requirement for individuals across all transportation networks throughout the United States, including at airports, onboard commercial aircraft, on over-the-road buses, and on commuter bus and rail systems through September 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas woman yesterday for mailing letters threatening to injure her mother’s former supervisor and members of the law firm defending the mother’s former employer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collected 839,543 pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country. Americans once again showed their dedication toward helping prevent addiction and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes. The April event included 4,425 community partners at 5,060 collection sites throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An East St. Louis man will be spending over a decade behind bars for.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: Defendant used embezzled funds to pay personal debts and living expenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier issued the following statement after the Committee made public additional documents obtained as part of its investigation into the role Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family played in fueling the opioid epidemic...
By State Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following schedule for the month of May.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Michael Mays a/k/a Michael Mayes, 35, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Tom S. Lee to 30 months in prison and a $1500 fine for knowingly selling a firearm to a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Aroostook County man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Girard, Kan., May 21-22, at the Crawford County Fairgrounds. The two-day event, featuring 80 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 21. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, May 21, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, May 22. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An East St. Louis man will be spending over a decade behind bars for stealing someone’s marijuana at gunpoint. Tyran Jordan, 21, has been sentenced to 157 months in federal prison on one count of interfering with commerce by robbery and one count of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Jordan pled guilty to the charges back in January.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comment on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s application for withdrawal of 22,995 acres for use on satellite calibration activities, which would segregate the lands for up to two years while the withdrawal package is being processed. The segregation is also announced in a Federal Register notice published on April 29, 2021.
By State Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
Release: More information about Central African Republic is available on the Central African Republic Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By State Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: .
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Benjamin Rivera, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone and amphetamine, was sentenced to time served (approximately 28 months) and 12 months of home confinement by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago for allegedly trafficking firearms.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 30, 2021
News Release: It’s official: Biden failed to deliver on his promise that schools would, in his first 100 days, fully reopen for in-person learning.
