News from April 2021
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Yosemite National Park - Beginning Friday, May 21, visitors to Yosemite National Park will need a day-use reservation to enter the park. The temporary day-use reservation system will allow the park to manage visitation levels to reduce risks associated with exposure to COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Two convicted felons with lengthy criminal histories were sentenced to federal prison this week in separate cases, both for violating federal firearms law by illegally possessing guns, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
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 $2.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Wyoming Office of Tourism, Cheyenne, Wyoming, to create a statewide tourism marketing campaign. This EDA grant, to be matched with $625,000 in local investment, is expected to retain 878 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Whitakers man was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in prison for bank robbery and robbery of a Family Dollar store.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the five territorial delegates wrote to Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Shalanda Young today urging the office to support expanding access to federal programs in U.S. Territories, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- Travis Kilgore, a Wise, Va., man who conspired to file for fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to charges he conspired with others to commit mail fraud and defraud the government of more than $182,474, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Jonathan Mellone, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge, Philadelphia Region, U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm during two separate armed robberies of Craigslist sellers.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $941,250 grant to the city of Antigo, Wisconsin, to make infrastructure improvements at the Saratoga Industrial Park that will add 24 acres of newly developable land in the park. This EDA grant, to be matched with $941,250 in local investment, is expected to create more than 20 jobs, retain 155 jobs, and generate $5.75 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Flandreau, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on April 5, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: A Washington Post Op-Ed by Channing D. Phillips Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant admitted to role in February 2019 shooting of rival gang members.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 8, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Angel Luis Santiago-Dávila with possession of an AK-type rifle while under a protective order for domestic violence, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of the state of Illinois has been sentenced in federal court to four years in prison on his conviction of Aggravated Identity Theft and Conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A convicted aggravated felon involved in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique “Kiki" Camarena Salazar, was removed to Mexico on Wednesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: Countering the proliferation of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) - or shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles - has been a top U.S. national security priority for decades. In the hands of terrorists, criminals, or other violent non-state actors, MANPADS pose a serious threat to air travel, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man admitted in federal court today that he threw a lit firework into a Chicago Police vehicle during a period of civil unrest in downtown Chicago last May.
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 $2 million grant to the city of Johnson City, Tennessee, to upgrade the Sinking Creek Pump Station in support of current and future business needs. This EDA grant, to be matched with $3.8 million in local funds, is expected to create 216 jobs, retain 265 jobs, and generate $5 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that VICTOR YNOSTROSA, 21, of Fort Washakie was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 25, 2021, for assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The Indictment alleges that on Dec. 20, 2020, in the District of Wyoming and within Indian Country, Ynostrosa assaulted an individual with a firearm and the assault resulted in serious bodily injury to the victim.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Wind Cave National Park is celebrating National Park Week, April 17 - 25, with free tours and an opportunity to build a home for bluebirds.
