News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - James Howard, 43 has been sentenced to federal prison for 92 months for possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Springfield, OR - On the heels of the release of the Biden-Harris administration’s American Jobs Plan, and ahead of the committee’s plan to move a surface transportation reauthorization bill next month, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined members...
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden released his fiscal year 2022 funding request for the Department of State and other international programs...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud, joined by Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Ranking Member James Comer, and Rep. Katie Porter, released the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: On Saturday, April 10, 2021, the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center, Philadelphia’s second federally supported vaccination clinic, will open to the public in the Hunting Park neighborhood. The entrance to the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center is located along the south side of W. Bristol Street, at 4261 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Melvin Stanford, 43, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing crack cocaine, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY. - Melvin Dowell, 55, previously pled guilty before United States District Judge David J. Hale for attempted online enticement and transfer of obscene material to a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett. Yesterday, Judge Hale sentenced Dowell to 10 years in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Rene Lima-Rivera, age 47, and Jose Portillo-Lopez, age 70, of Norwalk, Connecticut, were arrested on April 4 for conspiring to commit alien smuggling.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man who drove intoxicated and caused a collision that killed one man and seriously injured another pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man pleaded guilty to delivering more than 900 grams of heroin today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Lascelles Ford, Jr., of Lake City, was sentenced on Tuesday to over 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on January 5, 2021, to possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) announced the list of participants for their forum on President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The participants who will be joining members of the Committee will be focusing on the devastating impacts President Biden’s decision on the pipeline will have on jobs and workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Yesterday, Angelica Nebria Malena Chalepah, 21, of Truxton, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 31 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Chalepah previously pleaded guilty to Arson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: National Park Week is April 17 to 25. To celebrate National Park Week and Junior Ranger day, Bighorn Canyon will be hosting several activities throughout the week.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: DOE Funding Request Invests in Key Clean Energy Innovations to Meet Administration’s Climate Change Goals, Create Good-Paying Union Jobs
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 years in jail, to be followed by ten years supervised release and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $12,000 on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: A 28-year-old resident of Bay City, Michigan, Brandon Scott Parsons, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for possessing and accessing with intent to view child pornography involving prepubescent minors or minors under the age of 12, Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: Minister Momen: Allow me to introduce President Biden’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Senator John Kerry. I welcome him to Bangladesh. He came here to invite our Prime Minister, give the letter of invitation to our Prime Minister for the Leaders’ Summit on Climate Change on the 22nd and 23rd. He will be meeting the Prime Minister soon. That is why he has very little time.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: JUPITER, Fl. - In the next few weeks, you can expect to see construction along the shoreline at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse ONA. The Bureau of Land Management and the Jupiter Inlet District have partnered to construct a living shoreline that will stabilize a portion of the site’s rapidly eroding Loxahatchee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: MONTGOMERY & PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorneys Sandra J. Stewart and Jennifer Arbittier Williams 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).
