News from April 2021
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The American flag was raised over the World War I Memorial for the first time on Friday, April 16, the formal unveiling of the memorial that honors the 4.7 million Americans who served their nation in World War I, including 116,516 who made the supreme sacrifice. The First Colors Ceremony...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just in time for National Park Week, the new National Park Service (NPS) mobile app (go.nps.gov/app ) is now available for visitors to national parks across the country. Created by park rangers with visitors in mind, the NPS App gives the public up-to-date information about all 423 national parks in one easy-to-use app.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Thirteen individuals with ties to a Mexican drug cartel have been sentenced to federal prison following an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Matthew A. Oquendo, 28, of Holyoke, Massachusetts was arraigned today in federal court on charges related to the selling of heroin and fentanyl during several FBI undercover operations. Oquendo entered pleas of not guilty to the charges. Oquendo remains detained pending trial.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Friday afternoon to Dr. Peter Daszak with EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) requesting information and documents that could be useful to a comprehensive investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: What: Affirming its commitment to data quality and transparency, the U.S. Census Bureau plans for the first time to release a number of data quality indicators along with the first results from the 2020 Census. These metrics are scheduled for release later this month and will provide information on...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of embezzlement from a federal credit union and willful failure to file tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Fayetteville man was sentenced to a total of 144 months in prison for discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the sentencing of seven pro-democracy leaders on politically-motivated charges. Beijing and Hong Kong authorities are targeting Hong Kongers for doing nothing more than exercising protected rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis released the following statement on House passage of five bills to better protect Americans from scams, fraud, and other undetectable harms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A criminal complaint was filed today in U.S. District Court in Maryland charging Oluwaseyi Akinyemi a/k/a “Paddy Linkin", a/k/a “Joseph Kadin", age 34, of Hyattsville, Maryland, for the federal charges of mail fraud, attempted mail fraud, and mail and wire fraud conspiracy, in connections with an advanced fee fraud scheme using social media to target elderly victims and causing losses of $474,145.07.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - In response to Russia’s massive military buildup on the border with Ukraine and in illegally occupied Crimea, the increase in fighting in eastern Ukraine, and Russia’s anti-Ukraine disinformation campaign, House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Roanoke Rapids man was sentenced today to 366 months in prison for interference with commerce by robbery, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has awarded grants totaling $3,781,942 for the State of Florida to reimburse applicants for the costs of emergency response and beach restoration following Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - SAMANTHA LONGORIA. On April 13, Samantha Longoria, 25, plead guilty to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. Longoria sent the proceeds from drug transactions to Mexico via wire remittance transfers. For each transfer Longoria completed she was paid a fee. When she arrested in late...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -Ten individuals have been arrested pursuant to federal indictments unsealed today as part of an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation fighting drug trafficking in the Southern District of Mississippi, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, Brad...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: Richmond, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park (NHP) is increasing access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tiffany Groves, of Kingwood, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
