News from April 2021
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is celebrating 75 years by inviting everyone to reimagine your public lands. For over seven decades, the BLM has led the way in public land management - in 1946, President Truman merged the General Land Office and the Grazing Service to create the BLM. Today, the BLM proudly manages about 245 million acres of public landscapes for all Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate serving a federal sentence pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for assaulting an officer at the local jail where he was being held pursuant to a contract with the U.S. Marshals.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: MADISON - Wisconsin man sentenced in two separate cases for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act fraud and access device fraud.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
Release: Today, I am announcing that Jeffrey Feltman will serve as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. This appointment underscores the Administration’s commitment to lead an international diplomatic effort to address the interlinked political, security, and humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - A federal jury has found Justin Case Lebarron (28, Pasco County) guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine resulting in death, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, and maintaining a drug premises. Due to a prior felony drug conviction, Lebarron faces a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 17, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - With record visitation comes increased demand for campsites. To reduce the frustration of driving all the way to Big Bend, only to find that all campground sites are full, the National Park Service will be increasing the number of Big Bend campsites available for advanced reservations online.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - EDER QUINONES, age 35, a Colombian citizen who was living in Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on April 14, 2021 before the Honorable Sarah S. Vance to a superseding indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - United States District Judge Matthew Schelp sentenced Bobby Black to 77 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Caruthersville, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty, in November, to six counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. One of the counts being conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus today announced the appointment and swearing-in of G. Michael Seaman IV as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Rhode Island.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, reintroduced bipartisan legislation that will strengthen efforts to onshore production of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the United States by requiring the Defense Logistics...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury sitting in Statesville has convicted a former Wells Fargo Information Technology (IT) employee of child pornography charges, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The jury found Michael Scott Hoover, 50, of Wilkesboro...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Edward Scott Finn, age 46, of Dunkirk, Maryland, for the federal charges of attempting to evade or defeat taxes for tax years 2014 through 2019. Finn is a Lieutenant with the Prince George’s County Police Department and owned...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla.-The Fort Barrancas Area was accepted into the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom on April 23, 2021. Located on Naval Air Station Pensacola, the 64.06-acre Fort Barrancas Area is managed by Gulf Islands National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A Texas tax preparer has entered a guilty plea to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: REGION 1 - Yale New Haven Hospital received $2,700,432 from FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program at a 100% reimbursement for the costs of COVID-19 emergency response. The costs were associated with procedures conducted through April 30, 2020 under the major disaster declaration issued for the State of Connecticut.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: JACKSON, AL - When employers disregard safety measures and fail to properly supervise employees, the risks of serious injuries or illnesses increases - this is exactly the scenario that OSHA inspectors discovered during an investigation at iSpice LLC, a global spice importer, processor and supplier based in Jackson, Alabama. OSHA found workers exposed to amputation, struck-by, crushed-by and electrical hazards. The company faces $121,511 in penalties.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to revoke the repair station certificate of Apple International Inc., of Bristol, Tenn.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Four executives of Continuum Healthcare and its various health centers have been ordered to federal prison for a massive scam perpetrated in the Houston area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A local man has been charged with federal child exploitation crimes after using various social media applications, including Snapchat and TikTok, to stalk and sexually exploit a minor victim from Australia, announced Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer, who oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operations in the Pacific Northwest and Acting U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man was sentenced today to 45 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Isaiah Lamont Shaw, 21, was previously charged as a result of a joint investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit.
