News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Tewksbury real estate developer was charged yesterday with defrauding the government of more than $480,000 by engaging in a multi-year tax evasion scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge John A. Ross sentenced Lemartrell Smith to 120 months in prison Friday. The 26-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty in December to two counts of being in possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, one count of being in possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime and one count being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park is beginning public engagement to seek comments on a possible change in the cost to purchase a shuttle ticket. The fee would be raised by $1 (for a total of $2 per shuttle ticket) to cover staffing and operational costs related to the ticket system.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: On Wednesday April 14, 2021, Fossil Butte National Monument’s scenic drive from the visitor center to the Nature Trail and picnic area will reopen for the season. The drive is a slight incline up to the picnic area where the Nature Trail loop begins and ends. The hike is one-and-a-half miles long, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Heritage, age 38, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to two charges stemming from his attempts to unlawfully obtain COVID-19 relief funds. The first count charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Leroy Reed, 52, of Ithaca, New York, made his initial appearance in federal court today on a complaint charging him with receiving child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Norfolk, Virginia - Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at the FEMA supported Community Vaccination Center located at the Military Circle Mall is hassle free, quick and easy. Pre-registered residents and those who register onsite can expect a streamlined process that ensures equity and accessibility for all.
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: More information about Vietnam is available on the Vietnam country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Senator Portman, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, wrote an op-ed in RealClearPolitics highlighting the crisis at our southern border and calling for the Biden administration to implement critical policy changes to stop the flow of unlawful border crossings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James A. Pane, 50, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with using the mails to threaten to attempt to kill, injure, or intimidate or unlawfully damage or destroy property by means of explosive, and mailing threatening communications. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Canada-Based Yusuf Abdul and Others in the United States, Europe, and Middle East Conspired to Use Phone “Spoofing Service" to Fraudulently Access and Launder Victims’ Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James A. Pane, 50, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with using the mails to threaten to attempt to kill, injure, or intimidate or unlawfully damage or destroy property by means of explosive, and mailing threatening communications. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a local landscaping company pleaded guilty today to tax evasion in connection with a scheme to underreport income on his business and personal tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico has announced the selection of Pamela Mathis as Taos Field Manager. Mathis was sworn into her position by the acting BLM New Mexico State Director Steven Wells during a ceremony held in Taos on April 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Randy Eignor, age 50, of Rotterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 136 months in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempted online enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwaine Parker, 28, and Michael Woods, 32, both of Buffalo, NY, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Each faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 47-year-old Fernando Solis to 151 months in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography, said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 8, 2021, Gregory Rossi, age 49, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for stalking.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of Arizona in combating the Margo Fire burning in Pinal County.
