News from April 2021
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington - Two scientists have earned a place in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Science Hall of Fame for their pioneering and impactful research in small-fruits breeding and remote sensing for improved irrigation water scheduling.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Decatur, Ill., man, Cornell D.A. Johnson, 24, of the 1100 block of East Division St., was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for producing child pornography involving multiple minors. Upon imposing sentence, Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm described Johnson as a “ringmaster," who engaged in an “exercise of power," to prey on victims of a vulnerable age for his pleasure and satisfaction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Covina, California, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to racketeering offenses relating to the promotion of commercial sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Eddrick Wright (25, Auburndale), Kaylob Davis (23, Auburndale), and Amere Benjamin (22, Auburndale) each to 14 years in federal prison for brandishing firearms while they were robbing convenience stores in Lutz and New Port Richey. The court also ordered the defendants to forfeit the firearms and make restitution to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A resident of Shawville, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on April 12, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management today released its Strategic Vision 2021-2031, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated accomplishments over the next decade that will protect the public and environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man previously convicted of multiple felonies was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “The 2021 Filing Season and 21st Century IRS.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Sean Patrick Farrelly (49, Palm Coast) to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a minor. Farrelly was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender. He has been in custody since his arrest on March 21, 2019.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply disappointed by the Federal Government of Somalia’s decision to approve a legislative bill that extends the mandates of the president and parliament by two years.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) in leading a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden requesting that he fund the initiatives to restore semiconductor manufacturing to American soil from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act that were signed into law as part of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Greco, 25 of Spencerport, NY, who was convicted of attempted receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Leonard Kersten, 55, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced on April 9 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES SPINA was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his participation in a widespread health care fraud scheme through the fraudulent operation of Dolson Avenue Medical (“DAM" or the “Practice"), a multi-disciplinary medical clinic located in Middletown, New York. SPINA previously pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed today’s sentence.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement in response to the lower house of the Somali parliament voting to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term by two years...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BAKER, NV - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on a proposal to restore and stabilize the recently burned Strawberry Creek Watershed. Public comments on the proposed action will be open from April 5 to May 5, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch are seeking tips from the public to determine the circumstances related to the homicide of Paige Autumn White, a 32-year-old Caucasian female with a missing right eye and an anchor tattoo on her right foot. White’s remains were found off of Blacksnake Road in Hot Springs National Park on March 27, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Workers will soon remove solar-power “plugs" from 19 soil remediation sites at the Savannah River Site (SRS), creating an annual cost savings of $90,000 as the successful soil and groundwater cleanup project comes to an end.
