News from April 2021
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on a Department-wide effort to improve and reimagine the supply chains for the production, processing and distribution of agricultural commodities and food products. USDA...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair Lloyd Doggett announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Charting the Path Forward for Telehealth" on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 2:00 PM EDT.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: More information about Mauritania is available on the Mauritania Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Warning: Explicit Content. -------------------------------. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A woman who produced a crush video, which included depictions of the sexual assault of an animal, and transported child exploitation materials involving a 4-year-old child, was sentenced to serve 235 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Four additional members and associates of the Lowrider Street Gang have been federally charged in a Superseding Indictment. In addition to the added defendants, a Federal Grand Jury charged members and associates with a Racketeering Conspiracy spanning from in and around 2013 to the...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Savannah, 29, Waupun, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 110 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Savannah pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 2, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the United States Africa Command (CLOSED).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Danial Gomez-Velazquillo, 34, of Norristown, PA, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison, three years of supervised release by United States District Judge R. Barclay Surrick for producing unlawful and counterfeit federal documents, including Social Security Administration and Alien Registration cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Chicago, IL, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Currie, NC- Moores Creek National Battlefield will be conducting a controlled burn in the park on Thursday April 22, 2021. The burn will begin at approximately 10:00 am and will last approximately three hours, with residual smoke and small spot fires continuing through the rest of the day and evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Quaison Maurice Harris, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Divisional Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 20th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Kansas City man has been sentenced on federal charges of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and discharging a firearm on school property, Acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Provincetown man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Kenneth Wayne Pea, Jr. (39) and Travis Ramone Williams (37), both of Leesburg, with possession of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Pea is also charged with distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. If convicted, Pea and Williams face a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 20, 2021, United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Rockwater Northeast LLC to pay $2 million in fines and $12,400 in special assessments for violating the Clean Air Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Aleah Mohammed pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to mail fraud, health care fraud, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from multiple schemes to defraud health care programs, including obtaining...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following statement after President Biden announced that his Administration will exceed its goal of administering 200 million coronavirus vaccine shots in 100 days...
