News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An ACI inmate who is alleged to have continued to operate a drug trafficking business while incarcerated at the ACI, the inmate’s girlfriend, whom he allegedly instructed by telephone from inside the ACI on how to continue to operate the business, and an alleged supplier of amphetamine pills for them to sell, have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Bayfield, WI - Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health authorities, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is reopening access to island camping, including group, individual, and primitive zone camping today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways asks for assistance from the public to identify those responsible for recent vandalism at Rocky Falls.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, DOMINIC EUGENE HUNT, aka "Dime Sack," 26, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to 80 years in prison on numerous firearms, ammunition, and drug-related charges after five years of criminal conduct, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Copper Center, AK. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve has updated the Superintendent’s Compendium. The compendium is the summary of park specific rules implemented under the discretionary authority of the park Superintendent. It is updated annually and is a written compilation that addresses...
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following schedule for the month of April.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming - The Bureau of Reclamation will present information regarding the 2021 North Platte River water supply outlook on April 9, 2021 at the Yonts Water Conference in Gering, Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Brittany Huizar, 20, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court on March 31 to a charge of assault resulting in substantial bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Gregory Wayne Haygood a/k/a “Big", 48, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, to 97 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ASHONTI HALL, 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on March 31, 2021 to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) reintroduced his groundbreaking legislation, the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021, to fix the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) for future retirees and provide meaningful relief to current WEP retirees. The bill ensures that public servants across the nation can retire with the security and dignity they deserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A two-count indictment was unsealed charging Nicholas Solis, 26, of Fresno, with possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former federal prison inmate has been sentenced to another prison term for helping destroy evidence in the murder of the wife of a Fort Stewart soldier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - DANIELLE FRANKLIN, age 29, and a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon to four years of probation for assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced David Paul Wood to 120 months in prison today. A jury convicted the 37-year-old Kewanee, Missouri man of being a felon in possession of a firearm in September 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Robert H. Hendricks (64, Ponte Vedra) to six years and six months in federal prison for wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $2,682,924.34, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. In addition, the court ordered Hendricks to pay $3,879.881.34 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - A new exhibit opens Friday, April 2, 2021, at Tamarack in West Virginia featuring the artwork of local students who participated in the Youth Arts in the Parks (YAP) 2021 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. Local students used art to learn about regional ecology and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An ACI inmate who is alleged to have continued to operate a drug trafficking business while incarcerated at the ACI, the inmate’s girlfriend, whom he allegedly instructed by telephone from inside the ACI on how to continue to operate the business, and an alleged supplier of amphetamine pills for them to sell, have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), along with Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Chris Pappas (D-NH), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) introduced a resolution highlighting...
