News published on Federal Newswire in April 2021

News from April 2021


Rule published on April 28 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page rule on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Aurora Man Sentenced to 10.5 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Eber Uriel Perez-Ramirez, age 29, of Aurora, CO, was sentenced to 10.5 years in federal prison following his prior guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846.


U.S. Marshals Urge Public to Report Phone Scams

News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals are alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. They are urging people to report the calls their Local FBI office and file a consumer complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, which has the ability to detect patterns of fraud from the information collected and share that data with law enforcement.


News Release: Americans React to Biden’s $2 Trillion Tax Hikes: “Stop spending so much in such a stupid manner".


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert H. Stone, age 53, of Mayfield, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing three firearms as a felon and to possessing and intending to sell marijuana.


Local, State, Federal Law Enforcement; Social Service Agencies and Financial Institutions Unite to Raise Awareness of Increased Risk of Elder Fraud Related to Covid-19

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In an effort to raise awareness and prevent the financial exploitation of elders, local, state and federal law enforcement are partnering with social service organizations and financial institutions to train local bank tellers and loan officers to be aware of behaviors that may indicate...


Federal Grand Jury Returns A Superseding Indictment  Adding New Charges In The Conspiracy To Kidnap  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

News Release: Three Defendants Charged with Conspiracy to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and Two Defendants Charged with Federal Firearms Violations.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jared Collins (27, Wesley Chapel) has pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl to an individual, resulting in that individual’s death. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the former Executive Director of the Perry County Family Center, Shelley A. Dreyer-Aurila, age 55, of New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 15 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for embezzlement of funds involving federal programs.


Mississippi Man Indicted for Wire Fraud and Health Care Fraud

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment yesterday charging a Mississippi man with wire fraud and health care fraud and with conspiracy to commit wire and health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Derrick Jackson.


FEMA approves additional $7 million for Bay Medical Center Hurricane Michael expenses

News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved a grant of $7,019,830 for the state of Florida to reimburse the former Bay Medical Center for repairs after Hurricane Michael in 2018.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on April 27, 2021, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.


New York Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Offenses

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that CHRISTOPHER RASCOLL, 49, of Blauvelt, New York, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to federal hate crime offenses related to his making anti-Semitic death threats to a resident of Stratford, Connecticut.


Republican Leaders Press Biden Administration for Answers on How Ongoing Border Crisis is Impacting American Foster Children

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Ways and Means leaders wrote to request that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Inspector General investigate the extent to which children in the U.S. foster care system are being impacted by the need for placements for unaccompanied children.


News Release: The National Park Service is issuing a Request for Proposals for interested individuals and organizations to submit proposals to lease property inside the Natchez Visitor Center at 640 South Canal Street in Natchez, Mississippi.


DOE Issues Draft RFP for Savannah River Site (SRS) Operations Acquisition

News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is releasing a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new procurement for the operation of the Savannah River Site (SRS).


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Icelandic Foreign Minister Thordarson

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - A new plan for travel on the portion of the Pryor Mountains managed by the Bureau of Land Management has been released.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Iowa man today was sentenced to 300 months in prison for producing and possessing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today on Earth Day, Republican Ways and Means Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) led Ways and Means Republicans in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Tai urging the United States to resume negotiations to complete an Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA).