News from April 2021
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: The mountain bluebirds are back, the ice is melting, and it’s time for the National Park Service to prepare for the summer. Ever wonder what it takes to get a park or recreation area ready for the summer rush of visitors? Along with hiring and training our seasonal staff, we turn on water systems, test...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Steal More than $200,000 from Her Two Former Employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: BOISE - After a three day jury trial, a federal jury sitting in Boise found Jordan Michael Drake, 33 of Boise, guilty of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye presided over the trial, which began on April 5th, and concluded with the guilty verdicts on April 8th.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - Lagardo Wright, 20, and Aijeigh McShan, 19, of Fairview Heights, Illinois,.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - Abel Gallegos Hernandez, an inmate serving prison time in Georgia, who coordinated the distribution of more than 500 grams of methamphetamine using drug packages hidden in tires of vehicles being shipped from New Mexico to Virginia, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Tranquilino Valencia, 37, of Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on April 7 to 12 years in prison for carjacking.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: Klamath Falls, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Klamath Falls Field Office is making fuelwood-cutting permits available, starting April 15, online through the BLM Special Forest Products Online Permit Sales Pilot Program. Online permits are available for purchase 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted a Kingwood man for selling allegedly fraudulent Native American-made goods on the internet, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; Edward Grace, Assistant Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Office of Law Enforcement; and Meridith Stanton, Director of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Verona, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 months of imprisonment followed by two years of supervised released on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and heroin, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Robert Lee Johnson a/k/a Stone, age 54, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 8, 2021, to 396 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Wilson on sex trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart. announced that Eric Jahann Nixon, 39, of Columbia, was convicted Friday by a jury following a three-day trial in federal court in Columbia. Nixon was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, as well as possession of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Jamaile Huey, 42, of Detroit, Michigan pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal grand jury indicted him on the charge in February 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: One week after the 425-acre Miller Woods wildfire at Indiana Dunes National Park, all trails in that area have been reopened. Fire crews and park staff have ensured all trails in visitor areas are safe from any dangerous trees and other hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jason Vertz, 51, of Fresno, and Alana Powers, 45, an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, each pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a scheme that targeted California Employment...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Step into National Park Week this Saturday, April 17, a free day at all fee-charging national parks across the country, including Hawaiʻi Volcanoes and Haleakalā national parks, and Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: It’s hard to believe that 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that shook our nation. For many, including all of us at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), it sometimes seems like just yesterday. We were borne from and remain driven by that infamous day.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman who took part in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 2019 entered a guilty plea today in federal court. Kathryn Elizabeth Casto, 35, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
