News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul Michael Guertin (“Guertin"), 40, of Arizona and former resident of Washington, DC, was indicted on March 29, 2021 by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for wire fraud and obstructing an official proceeding. The indictment was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Special Agent in Charge Elisabeth Heller, of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 30, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging Jesús Abdiel Feliciano-Candelario with offenses related to two robberies and a carjacking, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. On April 1, the U.S. Marshals took Feliciano-Candelario into federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Rigged Environmental Testing for Years. The former Superintendent of the Sioux City Wastewater Treatment Plant, who conspired to cheat on environmental testing at the plant, was sentenced on April 1, 2021, to three months in federal prison. Jay Earnest Niday, age 63, from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, received...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) published a series of State and Regional Energy Risk Profiles, developed in collaboration with Argonne National Lab (ANL), to support state energy security planning. The updated...
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisianans in 23 parishes designated for federal assistance are encouraged to register with FEMA as soon as possible if they sustained damage to their homes following the recent winter storms. The deadline to apply is May 10.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. - Gulf Islands National Seashore will be reopening Fort Pickens Road today, April 2, 2021 at noon. Registered campers may enter and exit the area prior to noon. Recent weather and associated sustained high winds hindered the park’s ability to clear sand from this roadway over the last 48 hours.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) called on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to honor principles of fair labor standards and to deny any future application for...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: A Bristow man was sentenced today for assaulting his former girlfriend and causing substantial bodily injury, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is actively investigating an incident at Foundation Food Group Services in Gainesville where a liquid nitrogen leak killed six workers on Jan. 28, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - As part of its mission to sustain the health of public lands, the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office proposes to remove wild horses from areas in and around the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado to reduce herd numbers to within the Appropriate Management Level and reduce population growth over time.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) published a series of State and Regional Energy Risk Profiles, developed in collaboration with Argonne National Lab (ANL), to support state energy security planning. The updated...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Los Fuertes Produce LLC, satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $37,322 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Trampas Jordan (Jordan) of Buffalo, Texas, on March 2, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that SCC International Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $7,504 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A U.S.-Canada task force dedicated to disrupting and dismantling the illegal movement of firearms, ammunition, and explosive weapons across the U.S.-Canadian border was announced today by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in another step forward to address gun smuggling and trafficking.
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 State Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Bill Keating, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber, issued the following statement commemorating the twenty-third anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Thomas Sczerbaniewicz, age 52, of Syracuse, pled guilty yesterday to one count of possessing and accessing with intent to view child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $1.9 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Montana. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 31, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $28.3 million for the Montana COVID-19 response to date.
