News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Cahokia, Ill. - Isaac Sanders, age 40, of Cahokia, Illinois, has been sentenced to serve 12 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SHENG-WEN CHENG, a/k/a “Justin Cheng," a/k/a “Justin Jung," pled guilty to major fraud against the United States, bank fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with multiple fraud schemes he...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: In Austin today, a federal grand jury charged Joe Quinonez, age 32, of Austin with armed robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act and a federal firearms charge, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Fred J. Milanowski, Houston Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers responded to a report of a motorcycle wreck on Clingmans Dome Road at 4:08 p.m. on Sunday, April 18. Maynoy Alexander Ardon, age 20, of Guatemala, was traveling down Clingmans Dome Road when he lost control of his motorcycle near Collins Gap. He veered off...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Emergency preparedness exercise scheduled for the Salem-Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Ohio man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Jean Samuel Gai has been arraigned on federal charges of aiding the filing of a false tax return. At the time, Gai was on probation in Georgia for similar tax-related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: The defendants allegedly advertised the minors online and harbored them in area hotels and properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Chief U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow sentenced Ajayi Marcel McIntyre, 42, on April 13, 2021, to serve 18 years in federal prison for distribution of heroin in April 2018, that resulted in the death of an East Moline, Ill., man. According to court documents, the heroin McIntyre distributed on April 17, 2018, was subsequently given to Kyle Medinger, who used the heroin and died of a heroin overdose.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 2393, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act of 2021...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 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 European Command (CLOSED).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - JUDE LEBOEUF, age 24, a resident of Houma, with previous felony convictions, was charged on April 16, 2021 in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for possessing a firearm and ammunition while being a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office, along with the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office and the Anti-Defamation League, will host a virtual discussion on Thursday, April 22, to explain how the federal government investigates and works to combat hate crimes and discrimination, including against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community. The event will be open to the public on the WebEx platform, and pre-registration is required.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-05. April 20, 2021 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective March 22, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) removed giant African snail (GAS) regulated area Zone B from the list of quarantine areas in Miami-Dade County, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, California April 20, 2021- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on a project to rehabilitate just over 15 miles of Mineral King Road within Sequoia National Park. The existing surface of Mineral King Road is in poor condition, and inadequate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga.- Five defendants involved in the distribution of up to 13 kilograms of methamphetamine in southwest Georgia have pleaded guilty to their crimes in federal court, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide a plan to address the public health crisis at the border and stem the flow of illegal immigration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Shequille Carter, 28, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and more than 28 grams of cocaine base. Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Carter serve a four-year period of supervised release following the prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was arrested yesterday on charges of fentanyl trafficking.
