News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 20, 2021 - The Department of Justice today announced that it is awarding more than $1.3 million to the State of Tennessee to meet critical law enforcement needs in the aftermath of last year’s Christmas Day bombing in Nashville. The funds are made available under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a division of the Department’s Office of Justice Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: OCALA, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned 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: ST. LOUIS - Nicholas Trueblood, 26, of St. Charles, Missouri, pleaded guilty to four counts of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. Trueblood appeared today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Hearing on Oversight of the Economic Development Administration's Role in Pandemic Response .
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WILIMINGTON, Del. - Joseph J. Leonetti, Jr., Former Union President of the Wilmington Fire Department, pled guilty today before the Honorable Colm F. Connolly to possessing prepubescent child pornography, announced David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware. Mr. Leonetti faces a maximum...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Harrison, AR - Following a multi-year investigation by special agents of the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Services Branch and park rangers, Michael L. Walters from Heber Springs, Arkansas, was sentenced earlier this month for violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) while within Buffalo National River. Walters, age 64, was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2020 and pleaded guilty in December 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - 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. to 2 p.m. local time.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A disbarred criminal defense attorney was found guilty of multiple sex crimes involving minors after a multi-day jury trial in federal court.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) announced that he has invited Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon to testify on April 27 at a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee on energy development on federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Case Involved Eight Street Gangs and a Mexican Drug Cartel; 17 Firearms and 41 Pounds of Meth Seized During the Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Saul Vega Flores, 51, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. Acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 1573, the Access to Counsel Act of 2021...
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: More information about Togo is available on the Togo Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A St. Albans man pleaded guilty today to federal drug and gun crimes.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chair Abigail Spanberger issued the following statement in response to USDA’s announcement on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enhancements...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Lee Donaldson, Jr., of Weston, West Virginia, was found guilty today of a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently receiving Payment Protection Program (PPP) funds and depositing a stolen and altered U.S. Treasury check, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Morris County man today admitted defrauding New Jersey county health benefits programs and obstructing justice by seeking to provide false information to federal agents and the grand jury investigating the scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.
