News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Defendant took art from friend, falsely offered the authentic Warhol paintings for sale on eBay, but delivered fake paintings to buyer.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that 11 tribes in seven states will receive $1.8 million through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man is scheduled to make his initial appearance today on charges that he attempted to engage in sex trafficking of two minors and transported the minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Junior Watts, of McMechen, West Virginia, has admitted today to firearm charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement today applauding the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for comments he recently made regarding the need for further investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: MIAMI - South Florida federal prosecutors have charged the leader of a notorious Mexican drug cartel and five others for their alleged roles in importing into the United States over 500 kilograms of Mexican methamphetamine. In the largest methamphetamine seizure in Miami-Dade County history, law enforcement agents seized the over 1,200 pounds of crystal meth before it ever hit the streets.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Lincoln City, Oregon man with multiple felony convictions was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing methamphetamine in and around Lincoln City, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Columbus man who crisscrossed Georgia while committing a series of robberies has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: KANAB, Utah - After nearly a year since the Bureau of Land Management Utah began restricting in-person public access to visitor centers and facilities, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument plans to move forward with a “soft" reopening of the monument’s visitor centers beginning April 2 through June 4, upon which, staffing and safety protocols will be re-evaluated and adjusted as needed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Markeese Askew, age 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 192 months' imprisonment followed by a six-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann on drug trafficking charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
Release: EL PASO, Texas Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at El Paso International Airport (ELP) detected six handguns in travelers’ carry-on bags in 36 days.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement today applauding the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for comments he recently made regarding the need for further investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Boaz BenMoshe, 58, of Israel, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for bail jumping and participating in a conspiracy to engage in the unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Fitchburg Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today on drug distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
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.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement today applauding the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for comments he recently made regarding the need for further investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Willie Edward Robinson, Jr., of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
