News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Georgia Nicole Dean, 37, of Coarsegold, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 12 years in prison for distributing heroin, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: POCATELLO - Lance Jonathon Broncho, 19, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 40 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered that Broncho serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Broncho pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man who trafficked firearms and re-sold them to Chicago gang members has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
Release: On April 19, the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Congo entered into force.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today urging the agency to fulfill its statutory role of managing federal spectrum use.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Georgia Nicole Dean, 37, of Coarsegold, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 12 years in prison for distributing heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada joins the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), part of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs, and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year’s observance takes place from April 18 to April 24, and features the theme: “Support Victims. Build Trust. Engage Communities.".
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today urging the agency to fulfill its statutory role of managing federal spectrum use.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Thank you so much for those kind words, Bob.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: A Dubuque man was sentenced on April 16, 2021 to 78 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a stolen gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Thursday, April 15, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Curtis Anthony Cousins, age 37, of Ainsworth, to 210 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking...
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting a detailed update and briefing on the status of the EPA's ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), introduced the Big Cat Public Safety Act to protect public safety and ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: FEMA, partnering with the state of Alabama and Jefferson County, is opening a Community Vaccination Center (CVC) site at the Watermark Place in Bessemer.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Bill Text | One-Pager WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), along with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Chris ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in collaboration with Discovery Education and the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), announces the launch of “Good Medicine Bundles," a set of hands-on, science-based, standards-aligned resources for elementary and middle school students to address the nation’s opioid crisis and encourage resiliency through a Native approach to balance and wellness.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) led a letter urging the Biden Administration to take a stronger approach to antitrust enforcement in the live events ticket marketplace, particularly in its oversight of the longtime Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - BYRON JAMAL WATSON, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on April 15, 2021 to two counts of bank robbery before the Honorable Susie Morgan, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. WATSON faces up to 20 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment fee, as to each count. Sentencing is currently scheduled for July 20, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Thursday, April 15, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Tykeese McCray, age 44, of Iowa City, to three months in prison for Health Care Fraud and False Statements announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. McCray was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow her prison term and pay restitution in the amount of $118,943.19 and $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
