News from April 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: DENVER - In response to Colorado’s devastating wildfires in 2020, FEMA and the State of Colorado are hosting a series of webinars to help residents understand increased threats to their homes, lives and property following the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires and prepare for the upcoming wildfire season.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request for the Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: A Wichita Falls man who allegedly plotted to blow up a data center in Virginia has been charged with a malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA and MONTGOMERY - Acting United States Attorneys Jennifer Arbittier Williams and Sandra Stewart jointly announced that Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership, Inc. (“SEACAP") has agreed to pay $30,000 and to implement enhanced compliance measures to resolve claims arising from SEACAP’s administration of community service grants funded through AmeriCorps (formerly the Corporation for National and Community Service).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nathan L. Rogers, 37, of East Aurora, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Four Defendants Sentenced in Separate Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Members of the “Grizzly Scouts" Allegedly Conspired to Obstruct Investigation and Proceedings Involving the Murder of a Federal Officer in Oakland, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Already serving more than 14 years in prison for sexual assault.
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the people of the United States, I wish the citizens of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru successful elections on April 11 that are fair, free, accessible, and peaceful. As we strive to protect and strengthen democracies, we must recognize that free and fair elections for all citizens are only...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) seized Thursday 2,378 kilograms of cocaine in the municipality of Yabucoa in the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. The seized contraband has an estimated street value of $50 million.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Suitland Maryland - On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at approximately 5:30 am, United States Park Police officers responded to westbound Suitland Parkway at Naylor Road for a report of a pedestrian struck. The decedent, 27-year-old Lamont Barnett from southeast Washington, was pronounced on scene by Prince George’s County Fire Department. The operator of the striking vehicle remained on scene to cooperate with the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Detroit - The U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI met with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community leaders to address the rising violence against Asian Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida man appeared today before a federal magistrate judge in Miami to face an indictment charging him with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: 4/9/2021 - Fire activity on the Horse Pasture Fire remained high on Thursday, however no new growth was reported. Strong winds continued to be a challenge for firefighters, as they worked to keep the fire within established firelines. Flare ups were visible as large pockets of unburned fuel within the perimeter were consumed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Ralph Fletcher Hepner, Jr., 53, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 360 months’ imprisonment for abusive sexual contact with a child under the age of twelve. In addition to the prison term, U.S District Judge Paul L. Maloney ordered Hepner to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison and to have no contact with the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Five Additional Defendants Charged This Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for his role in distributing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a local woman with a.380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets, including one in the chamber, in her carry-on bag at Huntington Tri-State Airport this morning, April 9.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the opening date for the Wolford Mountain Special Recreation Management Area (SMRA) for April 15.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A seventh member of the violent transnational criminal street gang, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), is set to appear in federal court Friday for his alleged role in a brutal 2018 murder.
