News from April 2021
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 $2 million grant to the city of Carrollton, Kentucky, to support construction of a critical gas pipeline necessary for current and future economic growth...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to selling counterfeit vape pens imported from China, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced a hearing with AbbVie Inc. Chief Executive Officer Richard Gonzalez during her testimony before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Barbara Davis, 47, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced to five months imprisonment and five months of home confinement by U.S. Judge Sara Lioi. Davis, a former Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) correctional officer, pleaded guilty in January of 2021 to sexual abuse of a ward, accepting bribes and providing a cell phone and tobacco to an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Pilar Rose, 58, of Fresno, charging her with tax evasion, obstructing an IRS tax audit, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegally possessing a semi-automatic rifle and numerous semi-automatic handguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Jim Pham, 36, of Rowland Heights, California, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mensur Odzakovic, 49, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years prison and a fine of $250,000.
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 $3.15 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Ohio prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Lake Mead National Recreation Area is advising visitors to be aware that lower water levels expected over the next several years will impact water access points and boat launch areas on Lake Mead. Launch ramps on Lake Mohave are not expected to be affected according to current projections.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Agreement Remedies Clean Water Act Violations at Facility in Ravena, New York.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: .
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced that Hitachi ABB Power Grids is participating in DOE's Cyber Testing for Resilient Industrial Control System (CyTRICS) program as an equipment manufacturer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENDALL JONES, also known as “Wolf," 32, of Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
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 $4.7 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Alabama prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $3 million grant to Ashland, Oregon, to create wildfire defensible space around 1,100 homes and to replace 23 wood shake roofs with ignition-resistant roof material.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition following an investigation into an armed robbery in New Bedford and a shooting in Boston in April 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law hearing on "Treating the Problem: Addressing Anticompetitive Conduct and Consolidation in Health Care Markets...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Brecksville, OH - The National Park Service has closed the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail between Rockside Road and Frazee House in Valley View due to Cuyahoga River flooding.
