News published on Federal Newswire in April 2021

News from April 2021


Ohio Man Enters Guilty Plea to Federal Drug Offense

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cleveland, Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. James Lavan, 45, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.


Oath Keeper Affiliates Charged in Superseding Indictment for Conspiracy Leading to the U.S. Capitol Attack

News Release: WASHINGTON - Two individuals associated with the Oath Keepers, a large but loosely organized collection of individuals who explicitly focus on the recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement and first responder personnel, were indicted yesterday in federal court in the District of Columbia for conspiring to obstruct Congress, among other charges. James and Minuta are the 11th and 12th defendants to be charged in this case.


Erie Man Charged with Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced that Trent Guida, age 37, of Springdale Arkansas was sentenced today to 110 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing today in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


Man Faces First Degree Murder Charge for a 2005 Triple Homicide

News Release: A man previously convicted in state court of a 2005 triple homicide appeared by video conference at a preliminary hearing today in federal court, said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is hosting the 21st annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Starting at 9:30 AM (ET) a diverse range of the region’s most talented live music acts are currently scheduled to perform. Musical genres represented are to include bluegrass, traditional Appalachian, singer-songwriter, Americana and a flute circle.


Central Indiana Man Faces Federal Fraud Charges

News Release: Investors lost over $1,500,000, Securities and Exchange Commission involved.


TSA participating in upcoming Albany Job Fair

Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be participating in the Albany Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, at the Holiday Inn Express and Conference Center in Latham, N.Y.


KC Man Involved in Fatal Downtown Shooting Sentenced for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who reportedly was involved in a fatal shootout between two groups outside a downtown bar was sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Deputy United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen announced that Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS") has agreed to pay the United States and participating states a total of $75 Million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that it knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Of that amount, BMS will pay approximately $41 million, plus interest, to the United States, and the remainder to states participating in the settlement.


CISA and Partners Promote Call to Action During National Supply Chain Integrity Month

News Release: WASHINGTON - In recognition of National Supply Chain Integrity Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is partnering with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Defense, and other government and industry partners to promote a call to action for a unified effort by organizations across the country to strengthen global supply chains.


Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money from D.C. Law Firm

News Release: WASHINGTON - Katherine Emma Ross, 29, formerly of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a D.C. law firm. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Matthew S. Miller, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service’s Washington Field Office, and Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Robert J. Contee III.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - Montell Keith, 23, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Keith appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark.


News Release: A 46-year-old Dallas man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison of a gun crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Members of the Los Angeles Strike Force this morning arrested eight defendants named in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges a drug trafficking organization operating in Los Angeles and Riverside counties distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and other narcotics across the United States.


News Release: PABLO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) of the Flathead Indian Reservation and the FBI today announced the completion of the nation’s first Tribal Community Response Plan (TCRP) as part of a pilot project to address cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.


Former Teacher's Aide Sentenced On Child Pornography Charges After Child Sex Sting

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christian Michael Stutes, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt and distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that $3,411,680 in federal funding has been made available to Dane County for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of April 4, 2020.


Texas Man Sentenced to 21 Months for Obstruction of Justice

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Tyler C. King, age 32, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for falsifying evidence and obstructing justice at his November 2019 jury trial.


BLM schedules virtual public meetings on NW California land use planning

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to a series of virtual public information meetings in preparation of a Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan. People who want to get involved in developing a plan to manage Northwest California public lands can get more information and share ideas.