News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Twenty central Texas residents face federal drug trafficking and firearms charges stemming from five separate, but related, federal grand jury indictments unsealed today in Waco, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Texas Department...
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: The Government of Uganda’s actions during the recent electoral process undermined democracy and respect for human rights. Today I am announcing visa restrictions on those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, including during the country’s January 14 general elections and the campaign period that preceded it.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Roderick Dewaine Hogan, 39, of Plain Dealing, Louisiana was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 200 months (16 years, 8 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on a drug conspiracy charge.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to Russia’s massive military buildup on its border with Ukraine and in illegally occupied Crimea, the increase in fighting in eastern Ukraine, and Russia’s anti-Ukraine disinformation campaign, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the below statement:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - April 16, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Danny Ray Marable, 64, of Keithville, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 70 months (5 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A jury in Plano, Texas has convicted two Florida men of drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The seventy-ninth and final defendant connected to a major methamphetamine distribution ring supplying illegal drugs across the southeastern United States was sentenced to serve 96 months in a federal prison, said Peter Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the “Head Shot Mafia" (HSM) Brockton drug crew pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 to conspiracy charges involving fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale concluded a three-day trip to Lebanon, where he met with a broad range of government officials, including President Aoun, Speaker of Parliament Berri, Caretaker Prime Minister Diab, Prime Minister-Designate Hariri, the Governor of the Central...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management Ely District has fuelwood-cutting permits available online through the BLM Special Forest Products Online Permit Sales Pilot Program. Online permits are available for purchase 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, May 1, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites you to participate in a virtual program exploring the 3rd Women’s Army Corps Training Center. This program will be accessible on the park’s Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/chickamauganps) and YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/chchnps). Instructions on accessing an audio described version of the program will be provided on the park’s social media platforms as well.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Norfolk, Virginia - All Hampton Roads residents over the age of 16 may get their free COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at the FEMA-supported Community Vaccination Center located at Military Circle Mall through Saturday, May 1. The center will administer second doses through May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jawon Montray Grant, 32, of Shreveport, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 42 months (3 years, 6 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of firearm by a convicted felon. Grant pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 19, 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Today, the House passed Democrats' Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, a bill that will unnecessarily strain the health care industry during the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing rushed, costly, and burdensome regulations on all health care facilities, including rural hospitals already at risk of closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Overall damage to banks, merchants, card companies, and consumers estimated at more than $3 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: High-Level Organizer of Notorious Hacking Group Sentenced to Prison for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old local Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Syndicate gang has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man who has been living under a false identity was arrested on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 on charges of aggravated identity theft and misuse of a Social Security number.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 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), issued the following statement in response to Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland’s secretarial order to rescind several secretarial orders from the Trump administration. These rescinded secretarial orders supported America’s energy independence and streamlined the Department of the Interior’s permitting process.
