News from April 2021
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Interagency Data Management Working Group recently reached a major milestone in developing transfer guidance for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). Under FUSRAP, USACE...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Bartz, 39, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a mandatory minimum term of 2 years imprisonment and a maximum of 22 years imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: LURAY, VA - The National Park Service (NPS) prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of a proposal to restore the Meadow Run watershed in Shenandoah National Park, northeast of Crimora, Virginia (see map). Decades of acid rain from regional air pollution...
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Shanelle Bailey, 23, a Jamaican-born women living in Provo, Utah, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 24 months in prison. Bailey previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Richard Kessler, 49, of Albuquerque, who allegedly stole investment funds from his clients, was arraigned April 28 in federal court on an indictment for mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and failure to file tax returns. A federal grand jury indicted Kessler on March 12.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: The 2020 presidential election had the highest voter turnout of the 21st century, with 66.8% of citizens 18 years and older voting in the election, according to new voting and registration tables released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. These data come from the 2020 Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement for the November 2020 presidential election, which surveyed the civilian noninstitutionalized population in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Honolulu - As summer begins and visitors return to the islands, Pearl Harbor National Memorial will extend its reservation window for USS Arizona Memorial Program reservations. Beginning on Monday, May 3, recreation.gov’s primary booking window for USS Arizona Memorial tickets will increase from 1-week in advance to 8-weeks in advance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found Jack Lee Guffey, 60, guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The jury returned their verdict following 45 minutes of deliberating on Tuesday afternoon after trial began on Monday and continued with testimony on Tuesday. United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr., presided over the trial, and Judge Moody will sentence Guffey, of Shirley, at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: A prison inmate has been sentenced to more than 15 additional years in federal prison for attacking a Bureau of Prisons employee, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal methamphetamine charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Mississippi - A Jackson man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - A Pass Christian, Mississippi man pleaded guilty today to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, TN - Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. April showers bring spring flowers, but they also force the cancellation of outdoor educational walks. Staff at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is proud to reoffer the final walking tour of the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery for this season.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released a summary brief for the 2019 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) highlighting the industries with the largest total capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with employees in 2019. Data are based on the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal hospitality services by claiming to be part of a famed rap group.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Hayder Lefta, 24, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to six counts of access device fraud, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.78 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Angoon, Alaska, to support growth of the region’s tourism economy. This EDA grant is expected to create 22 jobs and generate $450,000 in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - This week, Chief U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced two dozen defendants who were part of a major conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., U.S. Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced two men were sentenced to federal prison terms for possessing a large quantity of cocaine.
