News from April 2021

By Commerce News Now | Apr 26, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Apr 26, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Thaddeus Ponce, 58, of Mescalero, New Mexico, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced in federal court on April 15 to 18 months in prison for influencing federal officials by threat.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Oregon man was arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the Presidential election.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Puerto Rico resident admits to drug charge.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Luray, VA - Based on a preliminary identification of remains found Monday, April 26, 2021, the search for Ty Sauer conducted by Shenandoah National Park with support from Virginia Department of Emergency Management has been suspended. All trails in the Hazel Mountain area have been reopened.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man made his initial court appearance today on charges of tax evasion and failing to file tax returns, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig and Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Canadian national suspected of illegally crossing into Montana near Eureka and arrested after an armed encounter with a Border Patrol officer and pursuit through the woods appeared on criminal charges on April 23, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Shane Smith, age 24, of Whitehall, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing two short-barrel rifles, and to unlawfully possessing hundreds of rounds of ammunition as a felon.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jakendis Jacoby Westry, 19, of Mobile, was sentenced today for his participation in an armed carjacking which occurred in Mobile during December of 2019. In January of 2021, Westry pled guilty to the charge of discharging a firearm during and in furtherance of the carjacking, a crime of violence under federal law.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Sierra Leone as you commemorate the 60th anniversary of your independence.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Visitors to the Bureau of Land Management Fort Sage Off-Highway-Vehicle Recreation Area in southern Lassen County can expect to encounter heavy vehicles and construction equipment as crews replace signs and repair other damage caused by a wildfire last fall.

By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by the violent clashes yesterday in Mogadishu. We call on all parties to exercise restraint and to resolve their differences peacefully. Dialogue and consensus are the only ways to resolve the electoral impasse, and we urge parties to resume negotiations at once...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Keefer Goodman, 29, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Friday, April 23, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 72 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
Release: MOSINEE, WI - Residents of central Wisconsin will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Central Wisconsin Regional Airport (CWA) May 10-14.

By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary:. We write to express our serious and urgent concerns regarding the quickly deteriorating situation in Haiti. Although we appreciate your personal engagement with Haiti, and the State Department’s recent criticism of some of the unconstitutional actions by the administration of President...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: Erie, Pa. - An individual believed to have entered the United States illegally in March 2018 pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2021
News Release: After six hours of deliberation, a federal jury found Shannon Kepler guilty of murdering 19-year-old Jeremey Lake and for firing at Lake’s younger brother on August 5, 2014. At the time of the murder, Kepler was a 24-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department.