News from April 2021
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and the following leaders concluded a regional dialogue April 4 on confronting the climate crisis...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: The recent Pacific Marine Heatwave (PMH) was unprecedented in its intensity and duration. Its spatial extent (the large area impacted), magnitude (how unusually warm it was), and duration (how long it lasted) made it the largest heatwave on record. While marine heatwaves have occurred in the past, they...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk today announced federal charges against BRANDON MARCEL THOMAS, 33, for illegal possession of firearms. THOMAS made his initial appearance on April 1, 2021, before Magistrate Judge Becky Thorson in U.S. District Court. Earlier today, Magistrate Judge Thorson ordered THOMAS to remain in custody pending further proceedings.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Marion Rose Payne, age 54, of Harwood, Maryland, on the federal charges of conspiracy to produce and transfer identification documents produced without lawful authority, the production and transfer of identification documents produced without lawful authority, aggravated identity theft, and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. The indictment was returned on March 31, 2021.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Since 1993, the United States has provided more than $509 million to support Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) programs throughout Africa. This assistance helps create conditions for lasting security and economic growth by reducing the availability of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and improvised...
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: More than 40 years of conflict from World War II through the Indochina Wars have left much of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam contaminated with landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). These explosive hazards still cause injuries and deaths and prevent the safe and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on March 29, 2021, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge woman was arrested today and charged with stealing Social Security benefits and committing wire fraud to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP") benefits, formerly known as Food Stamps.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: The United States’ enduring Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) priorities for Europe and Eurasia are to prevent illicit transfers of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and unplanned explosions at munitions sites through physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) programs, and to clear landmines ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. -The Stillwater Field Office has completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), and has issued the Decision Record for the Desatoya Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather EA. The project will occur in the Desatoya Mountains, located in Churchill and Lander Counties, approximately 90 miles east of Fallon, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk today announced federal charges against BRANDON MARCEL THOMAS, 33, for illegal possession of firearms. THOMAS made his initial appearance on April 1, 2021, before Magistrate Judge Becky Thorson in U.S. District Court. Earlier today, Magistrate Judge Thorson ordered THOMAS to remain in custody pending further proceedings.
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 State Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: The United States’ Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) priorities in the Middle East are to foster stability, strengthen security, facilitate economic development, and enable the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Across the region, ISIS-emplaced improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Marshals are intensifying the manhunt for a former Marine turned murder suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: LARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marquise Hicks, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: On Friday April 2nd Indiana Dunes National Park successfully conducted the Tolleston East Prescribed Fire. After monitoring the fire area for several days, and working to make the area safe for visitors, the Tolleston Dunes Trail has been re-opened.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Defendant tied to the seizure of 15 kilos of fentanyl thrown on side of the road.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Two 35-year-old South Florida men have pled guilty in federal district court in Ft. Lauderdale to participating in a pair of robberies that culminated in a carjacking and the murder of a Miami plumber.
