News from April 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write in regard to a matter critical to our Nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) authority to issue nationwide general permits for activities with limited environmental impact. This authority is integral to advancing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Richard Tingler, age 56, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on charges of armed bank robbery and brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence. The sentence was imposed on April 6, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, federal pilot community vaccination centers opened in Gary, Indiana; Greenbelt, Maryland; St. Louis; Memphis, Tennessee and Milwaukee, with additional federal pilot community vaccination centers scheduled to open next week in Pueblo, Colorado; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Columbia, South Carolina.
By State Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
Release: Section 204(a) of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-425)
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan seeking all documents and communications related to their...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - The United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, announced today that on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Chief Judge Wilma Lewis sentenced Rashead Gerard, 24, of St. Croix, to 24 months in prison, five years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment for attempted coercion and enticement for illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Southern California resident was charged today with defrauding more than 100 investors out of $14 million by using boiler room tactics to fraudulently offer a “pre-IPO" investing opportunity in his online streaming and entertainment company, then using much of the funds to support his lavish lifestyle.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Grand Junction, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today five Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) projects in four western states will receive recreational access funding from the program. Congress appropriated $13 million in recreational access funds in fiscal year 2020, and the BLM has allocated funds to these five projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Grand Jury continues through Friday. Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the partial results of the April 2021 Federal Grand Jury A. Grand jury continues through Friday. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will gradually increase Boise River flows through the City of Boise from approximately 250 to 500 cubic feet per second, beginning April 7 through April 15, to meet initial irrigation diversions.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Enjoying the park and getting outside via non-motorized travel on the Teton Park Road between the Taggart Lake Trailhead and Signal Mountain Lodge is an incredible spring experience for many. Park visitors are reminded to recreate responsibly, especially during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, as they enjoy the outdoor opportunity.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - Now through May 15, the Bureau of Land Management’s Rio Puerco Field Office will conduct a prescribed burn in the Chain of Craters project area, weather permitting. The burn will be conducted in several phases during this timeframe and consists of approximately 2,500 acres of ponderosa pine, piñon and juniper trees.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Stillwater, NY - The National Park Service will be undertaking critical road repairs to address failing pavement and a slumping and drainage issue that is undermining a portion of the Entrance Road, which connects NYS Route 4 and NYS Route 32. This investment in the park infrastructure will prolong the life of park assets and allow us to serve the public for years to come.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “healthbridgescience.com," “global-pandemic-vaccines.com," and “genobioscience.com" all of which purported to be the websites of actual biotechnology companies developing treatments for the COVID-19 virus but instead were...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office is announcing a 30-day public protest period on an environmental assessment analyzing a Resource Management Plan (RMP) amendment to dispose of a 1.13-acre parcel of public land in Johnson County. The disposal would occur through a direct...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a New Jersey man was arrested for assaulting several U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, as well as other crimes, during the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming Presidential election results.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Jonah Interagency Office (JIO) and Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) Boards of Directors will meet via Zoom on April 22, 2021. The PAPO Board meeting will take place from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 3 p.m. The JIO Board will meet immediately after the PAPO meeting and is expected to conclude by 4 pm.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 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 grant to the Pea Ridge Public Service District, Barboursville, West Virginia, to extend public sanitary sewer services to local businesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a citizen of Pakistan for allegedly leading a scheme to smuggle undocumented individuals into the United States from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Grenninger, age 38, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 6, 2021, to 360 months' imprisonment to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for producing child pornography.
