News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Gregory Ray Blosser, age 39, of Tampa, Florida, to 32 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a wire fraud charge in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of The Surrogacy Group (TSG)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A Honig announced an Essex County man was indicted today on charges stemming from illegally possessing ammunition in connection with two shootings, illegally possessing a handgun and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a Federal Register notice on March 8, 2021, reopening the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding whether to establish regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed using genetic engineering. USDA welcomes your comments on this ANPR through May 7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the Justice Department has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the City of Minneapolis (the City) and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). The investigation will assess all types of force used by MPD officers, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sandeep S. Walia, M.D., a Professional Medical Corporation (Walia PMC), and Sandeep S. Walia, M.D., the corporation’s owner and president, have agreed to pay a combined $70,000 in damages and penalties to resolve allegations that they knowingly made a false statement to obtain a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), introduced the Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health (RANCH) Act. This legislation will promote resilient and healthy rangelands and effective grazing management across the West.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Sean Harrington, 42, of Baltimore, MD, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $204,066 by United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $808,912 to five entities in California, Nebraska and Utah to develop a drought contingency plan or update an existing plan. These drought plans will help regions and communities plan for and build long-term resiliency to drought.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: The Burmese military regime continues to ignore the will of the people of Burma to restore the country’s path to democracy. Instead of acceding to the clear aspirations of its citizens, the regime has intensified its violent crackdown, killing more than 650 people, including many children, and detaining more than 3,200 others since February 1.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks very much for joining this call. We wanted to take an opportunity to provide an update on the diplomacy that has been ongoing in Vienna. As a reminder, this call is on background. It is also.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, TN - Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. Many visitors to Andrew Johnson National Historic Site have asked the same questions. How did Monument Hill, resting place of President Andrew Johnson and his family, become a National Cemetery? Are there any heroes buried there? Are there many locals?...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released findings from the Educational Attainment in the United States: 2020 table package. This table package uses statistics from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement to examine the educational attainment of adults age 25 and older by demographic and social characteristics such as age, sex, race, nativity, industry and occupation. The data were collected prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Evan Andrew Bubbers (21, Bettendorf, IA) today pleaded guilty to distributing materials depicting the sexual abuse of children over the internet. Bubbers faces a mandatory minimum term of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison. Bubbers was arrested on March 30, 2021, at Naval Air Station - Jacksonville. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Howard D. Farley, Jr. (72, Weirsdale) has pleaded guilty to passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and operating as a pilot without a legitimate airman’s certificate. Farley faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. As part of the agreement, Farley also agreed to forfeit a firearm and ammunition in his home, as well as an aircraft that was seized by the Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a federal grand jury in Carbondale, Ill. returned an indictment charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (SIUC) with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A federal grand jury today separately indicted a Camden man and woman for selling oxycodone pills as part of their roles in South Jersey high-dosage oxycodone trafficking rings, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 24 colleagues today introduced legislation to overhaul the federal energy tax code, create jobs and combat climate change. The Clean Energy for America Act would consolidate current energy tax incentives into emissions-based provisions...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Rep. Bobby L. Rush, and Senator Dick Durbin sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for a ban of menthol-flavored cigarettes to protect both public health and racial equity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Defendants were charged as part of a national health care fraud and opioid takedown.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chair of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
