News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, NC- Jorge Zapata Castro, 52, of Duplin County, was sentenced today to 216 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Five Grams or More of Methamphetamine, Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession of a Firearm by an Illegal Alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Fargo - Acting United States Attorney Nick Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jonathan Montanezage, age 31 of Moorhead, MN, to serve two years in federal prison with 3 years of supervised release to follow for the charge of Civil Disorder, 18 USC 231 (a)(3), during violent protests in Fargo, ND.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melanie Lynne Curnutte, 58, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. She was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in September 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Norfolk, Virginia - Hampton Roads residents who are interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine may now do so through onsite appointment registration directly at the center, located at the Military Circle Mall. People who register at the center will receive an appointment for their vaccination at the Military Circle Mall’s location for a future date in the next 2 weeks. Same-day appointments are limited.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Richard Earl Davis, age 28, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 1, 2021, to 144 months' imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Wilson, for aiding and abetting straw purchase of firearms, witness tampering, and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Louis Daniel Morales a/k/a “Trouble," 29, of Reading, PA, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine by United States District Judge Edward G. Smith for...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Michael Hlady pled guilty before United States Chief District Court Judge Margo K. Brodie to conspiring to extort a startup company for millions of dollars in the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH). When sentenced, Hlady faces up to 20 years in prison, as well as a fine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today released final technical reports supporting the Water Reliability in the West - 2021 SECURE Water Act Report. Reclamation's 2021 West-Wide Climate and Hydrology Assessment and seven individual basin reports provide detailed information on climate change impacts...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: DENVER - Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced today that an eight-week mass Pilot Community Vaccination Site (CVS) will open in Pueblo County next week to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations in Pueblo and rural communities throughout southern Colorado at high risk of infection.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, MICHAEL KERRY KENDRICK, aka "Milkman," 49, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit child sex trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. CHRISTA LYNN GLASS, aka "Lady Milk," aka "Diamond," 40, of Oklahoma City, has already been sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison for conspiring with Kendrick to commit child sex trafficking in a related case.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: The United States’ enduring Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) priorities for South and Central Asia are to prevent illicit transfers of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS) through physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) programs, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of managing and controlling a drug-involved premises, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland saying the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas program is “fundamentally broken."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted operating an illegal bitcoin exchange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., today unveiled their framework to overhaul international taxation and invest in America by ensuring mega-corporations pay their fair share.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wake Forest, NC man was sentenced today to 135 months imprisonment for wire fraud and ordered to pay $6,040,965.00 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Manzanar National Historic Site’s Community Archeology Program has received the prestigious 2021 Award for Excellence in Public Archaeology Programming from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA). Founded in 1934, the SAA is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - Interagency public land management partners from Arizona and New Mexico have worked to develop a map-based tool to inform the public about fire restrictions on public lands. Partner agencies, under the Southwest Coordinating Group, have worked to develop a new informational web tool...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Ocala, FL - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Wayne Grant, Jr. (27, Orlando) with receipt of a bribe by a public official. If convicted, Grant faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison.
