News from April 2021
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH CAVE, KY. - National Park Service fire managers will conduct two prescribed burns at Mammoth Cave National Park sometime between Saturday, April 3 and Friday, April 9. The 260-acre Parkway Barrens Prescribed Fire and the almost 100-acre Chaumont-Wondering Woods Prescribed Fire will reduce the spread of exotic plants, promote the regrowth of native species and reduce hazardous forest fuels that have accumulated in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Wednesday, Kevin Scott Wynn, 59, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 46 months in prison. The Court also imposed a fine of $7,500 on Wynn. Wynn was previously found guilty by a jury of tax evasion and failure to file tax returns in December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roy Thundercloud, 38, of Albuquerque, plead guilty in federal court on March 26, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brennan J. Thompson, age 43, of Cornwall Island, Ontario, was sentenced today to time served (approximately 2 months in jail) for driving away from the Massena Port of Entry while Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers attempted to search his vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Romanian national pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bobby Cherry, 58, of Manning, South Carolina, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler yesterday and pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, for his role in a scheme that defrauded Lowe’s of more than $450,000, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: In 1781 just days after the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, ended the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress passed a resolution to erect a monument to mark the occasion. However, the Monument to Victory and Alliance (commonly known as the Yorktown Victory Monument) was not built until a century later, when its construction became part of a project to cement national unity after the fractures of the Civil War.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Promontory Summit, UT - The National Park Service (NPS) and Golden Spike Foundation - Spike 150 are proud to announce that Ilan Averbuch has been selected to design a new commemorative work that will be donated to Golden Spike National Historical Park. The purpose of the piece, titled “Monument to Their...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Lamech Matthew, age 28, of St. Croix, was sentenced in the St. Croix District Court on April 1, 2021, after pleading previously guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance With Intent to Distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Matthew originally entered his guilty plea on Jan. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jacob Leonard, age 30, of Canton, New York, pled guilty today to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Marshel Riley (Riley), Jourdanton, Texas, on March 08, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Allegedly Recruited and Paid Homeless Individuals in Washington, D.C. to Attend Appointments in Order to Bill Medicaid for Mental Health Services Not Provided to Patients.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
Release: WARWICK, RI - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded firearm onto his flight at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) on Thursday, Apr. 1. It was the first firearm detected at PVD this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Kwameaine Rashad Brown (28, Fort Myers) to 6 years and 11 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Brown to forfeit the firearm and 87 rounds of ammunition involved in the offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided more than $17.1 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 28, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $108.5 million for the Utah COVID-19 response to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that SEAN D THOMAS, age 49, of Farson, Wyoming, was indicted on April 2, 2021, under U.S. District Court Docket Number 21-CR-45-NDF, charged with multiple counts of tax evasion and failure to file federal income tax returns. Thomas had his initial appearance today via videoconference before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Honorable Mark L. Carman.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint on Feb. 8, 2021, against Antonio Chavez (Chavez) d.b.a. Buffalo Cattle Company LLC and The Cattle Finder LLC of El Paso, Texas, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for possessing three stolen firearms, including a rifle and two revolvers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the York County District Attorney’s Office, and the York City Police Department announced a joint initiative (Operation Scarecrow) that targets individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Joel Jose Rueda, 28, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 37 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
