News from April 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
Release: BATON ROUGE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ready for the continued surge in travelers at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) and across the country. Acrylic barriers and upgraded technology now reduce or eliminate physical contact between passengers and TSA staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury alleges Gonzalo Rodriguez concealed his involvement in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement for the markup of the "Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets"...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Malik Matthews, 22, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that KYLE DOUSSETT, 49, of Casper Wyoming was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 25, 2021, for one count of possession of child pornography. The Indictment alleges that on Jan. 2, 2021, Doussett possessed a cell phone that contained digital images depicting prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Calvin James Smith, 33, and Marques Julius Johnson, 39, of Sacramento, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Yellen: Thank you for your commitment to a dialogue with Congressional Republicans on the important global tax negotiations taking place at the OECD. While we believe that the OECD is the proper forum to resolve major global tax changes, we remain deeply concerned with various components...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the April snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the District of Columbia unsealed a criminal complaint against Paul Russell Johnson, 35, of Lanexa, Virginia, for inflicting bodily injury on certain officers, among other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Dagoberto Ruiz, 25, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 7 to bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Patient Recruiter Sentenced to Prison for $3.3 Million Cancer Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark and the employees of the U.S. Attorney’s Office honored the public service career of Thomas E. Delahanty II, who served as U.S. Attorney in both the Carter and Obama administrations. Delahanty died earlier this week at the age of 75.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned an indictment charging Davis Lu, 51, of Houston, Texas, with one count of damaging protected computers. The Defendant is accused of using his position as a software developer to execute malicious code on his employer's computer servers. The Defendant was arrested this morning without incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Senior U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade today sentenced Tariq C. Lawson, 22, to 57 months (4 years, 9 months) in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Defendants Facilitated More Than $1 Billion in High-Risk Transactions Without Anti-Money Laundering Controls.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 24-year-old Austin resident Sebastian Tovar with transporting illegal aliens resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on The U.S. Department of Agriculture - The Year Ahead.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I offer best wishes and congratulations to all Israelis as you mark the 73rd anniversary of Israel’s independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas,announced that on April 14, 2021, the final of six (6) individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking ring which operated in Benton...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - An Austin, Texas, man was indicted Wednesday for transporting noncitizens, eight of whom died as a result of a head-on vehicle collision.
