News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The United States Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico filed an Information charging Tonatiuh Antonio Leal-Matos with two counts of violating the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. § 4512) in relation to price gouging personal protective equipment (“PPE"), face masks and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 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 Violent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism in America: The Role and Response of DOJ.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sending two mobile vaccination units (MVUs), administrative staff and federal vaccinators to Pima County to support its distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the hardest hit, hardest-to-reach communities with high risks of COVID-19 exposure and infection.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Ten people have been charged for their roles as members and associates of “UpTop," a Paterson, New Jersey-based street gang involved in the distribution of drugs, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico- In order to repair damage caused by Hurricane María at several landfills and recycling centers around the island, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently approved nearly $7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Kennedale man was found guilty by a jury of federal child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach couple pleaded guilty this week to perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme that cost retailers and manufacturers over $31 million in losses.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded more than $1.1 million in federal funding to the City of John Day, Oregon, to repair road damage caused by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in 2019. The storm caused floodwaters to erode and damage 4th Avenue, which is emergency traffic’s sole access point between the hospital and the emergency medical air transportation facilities at the airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A Mesa, Arizona, man was indicted in Alaska today for abusive sexual contact with a minor female passenger on a flight from Phoenix to Anchorage on April 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Donna Alyce Boyles, of Parsons, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years of probation for her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rose Marie Segale, 42, of San Jose, formerly of Sacramento, was sentenced today to three years and nine months in prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 150 months in prison for using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, carjacking and conspiring to commit carjacking.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 United States Navy and Marine Corps Budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Lamont Coleman, age 39, of Gary, Indiana, was convicted after a jury trial in the Hammond District Court of conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possessing a firearm as a felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Bell.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a Dear Colleague letter to announce the beginning of bipartisan discussions to consider how to better prepare the nation for future public health emergencies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BEVERLY HILLS, FL - Dollar Tree store workers across the country continue to face the same hazardous working conditions at the national discount chain as they have for many years. Since 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has inspected company locations more than 300 times.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela S. Karlan of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI New Orleans Acting Special Agent in Charge Daniel R. Genck, announced that a federal grand jury in Shreveport...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: CONCORD- The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a former resident of Malden, Massachusetts who raised multiple challenges to his conviction for obtaining weapons and grenades as part of a plot to kill his ex-wife’s husband, a federal judge in Boston, and a former Massachusetts Attorney General.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ISAIAH HALLIDAY, 21, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing violent robberies that victimized several individuals who sought to purchase items over mobile classifieds web apps.
