News from April 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: HONOLULU - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) Wednesday discovered a firearm in the carry-on luggage of a departing passenger. This firearm find occurred on a day when the number of travelers departing Hawaii airports continues to rise.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the city of Biddeford, Maine, to support the economic revitalization of city’s downtown mill district by making roadway improvements...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, NC - Jason Hyland, 39, of Duplin County, was sentenced yesterday to 134 months in prison for Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park maintenance crews will implement temporary, single-lane closures along the north and southbound Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, beginning Monday, April 12 through Thursday, April 29. Roadside work will include litter removal, string trimming, mowing, shoulder...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Yousef Abdallah, a former Peoria, Ill., businessman who owned and operated a Danville, Ill., liquor store, as well as other businesses, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for filing false corporate tax returns that under-reported the business’s earnings. U.S. District Judge Joe...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $633,146 grant to the city of Columbia Falls, Montana, to build water and sewer infrastructure and improve roads to serve a growing business park. This EDA grant, to be matched with $633,146 in local investment, is expected to create 70 jobs and generate $5.8 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Tanner Brown, 25, of Cobleskill, New York, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Syracuse to one felony count of delaying the mail, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, United States Postal Service-Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG), Northeast Area Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Samuel Schiltz, 20, Waunakee, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 5 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Schiltz pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 26, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jeremiah Elijah Jim, 31, of Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 5, to an information charging him with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Ahead of International Roma Day on April 8, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (NY-04), Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), commission leaders the late Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20) and Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), introduced resolutions in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives celebrating Romani American heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Matthew Trabert, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Join Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area in celebrating the deeply rooted tradition of Decoration Day on the Cumberland Plateau with the inaugural Cemetery Quest event on May 15, 2021. Participants venture to eight different cemeteries located throughout the Kentucky Region of the park, Daniel Boone National Forest, and other lands in search of site-specific information about the families and individuals who called the area home.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Survivors of the severe winter storms in Louisiana in February have one month left to register for a possible federal disaster assistance grant and to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: What is it?. Created through a unique partnership between the National Park Service and Groundwork USA, the Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program (TTAP) is a 5-month, paid apprenticeship where you'll have the opportunity to learn from experts and develop the skills to enter the construction trades...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Corey Allen Tucker, 25, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal grand jury indicted Tucker in September 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico, to construct a new workforce development training facility in Taos, New Mexico. This EDA project will be matched with $315,000 in local funds.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: FEMA and the City of Philadelphia will host a press event to give an update on operations at the federally supported Esperanza Community Vaccination Center on Friday, April 9, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, DAKOTA BRENNAN GRAY, of Carmen, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a single-count Information charging him with negligently discharging oil into a water of the United States, in violation of the Clean Water Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Beginning April 13 and continuing until May 7, 2021, visitors hiking along the Bright Angel trail near Phantom Ranch will experience a closure of the Silver Bridge, which crosses the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch. The closure will prevent hikers from crossing the bridge Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., as necessary repair work is completed on electrical utilities.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is expanding pilot testing of a technology to improve the cybersecurity defenses of the nation’s emergency communications infrastructure.
