News from April 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former Lunenburg woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to stealing Social Security benefits.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline and American jobs. You can watch the forum live on the Committee’s website or YouTube page starting at 4:30 PM ET.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the importance of facilitating an equitable transition to clean energy. The hearing is entitled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Quincy, Ill., man made his initial appearance in federal court today after he was charged by criminal complaint for alleged possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Robert L. Tallent, 39, of the 500 block of S. 19th St., Quincy, Ill., was arrested shortly after midnight on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Quincy.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline and American jobs. You can watch the forum live on the Committee’s website or YouTube page starting at 4:30 PM ET.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony Burris, 30, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with sex trafficking and enticing travel to engage in sexual activity. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Possessed Guns as Part of Large-Scale Methamphetamine Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been charged in federal court with conducting an illegal sports gambling business in Chicago and the suburbs.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley hosted a forum on President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and what it means for this and other energy projects around the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Brooklyn, New York man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On April 9, Frances Jones, 52, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker. Jones previously pleaded guilty to health care fraud.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee member Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) spoke at a forum on the Keystone XL pipeline and the effect its cancelation by President Joe Biden has on American jobs and the environment. Watch live here.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On April 12, 2021, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Ryan Don Andrew Ford, age 49, of Centerville, to 324 months in prison for Production of Child Pornography and 240 months in prison for Receipt of Child Pornography announced Acting United States Attorney...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431 and Carling Donovan (619) 546-4343.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee member Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) spoke at a forum on the Keystone XL pipeline and the effect its cancelation by President Joe Biden has on American jobs and the environment. Watch live here.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Missal, the Inspector General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Inspector General (“VA-OIG"), announced that SHAWN PIERRE HOBBS, a soldier for the Connecticut Army National...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Deer Isle man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography, acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.