News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man is in federal custody for receipt and possession of child pornography after making his initial court appearance on Monday, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on April 19, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges that exist for advancing and deploying carbon and carbon-dioxide (CO2) utilization technologies in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart and Federal Bureau of Investigations Special Agent in Charge Susan Ferensic announced today that South Carolinians, particularly those in the Lowcountry and Pee Dee Region, should be on alert for scammers impersonating law enforcement to steal money and identities of victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for gun and drug crimes including distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Nicholas Skulstad Allegedly Rammed His Vehicle Repeatedly into an MTA Vehicle, Charged at and Threatened Responding Police Officers, and Had a Kill List Naming Various Public Officials.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) has published a guide to help park managers address the effects of climate change in plans and decisions that best preserve and protect park resources and landscapes for their enjoyment today and for future generations. Planning for a Changing Climate helps managers consider possible risks and impacts associated with climate change to make informed decisions to better protect parks in the future.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - - FEMA is seeking public comments on how the agency’s programs deal with climate change and underserved communities and populations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - The public is invited to comment on a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to acquire more land in the Blackfoot River Watershed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney SHAWN N. ANDERSON, for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), will join the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Saturday, April 24th for its 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m....
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Below is Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney’s statement following the Subcommittee on Environment’s hearing on the role of fossil fuel subsidies in preventing action on the climate crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Six Language Recruiters Indicted for Recruiting Unqualified Linguists for Deployment with U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Austin Pratt Admits Sexually Abusing 10-year-old Girl and Distributing Images of the Abuse to Another Person over Instagram.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a Virtual Flood Map Information Open House on May 5, 2021, for communities in Paulding County. The open house will give residents the chance to review preliminary versions of a recently completed Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and its accompanying preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dylan Conaway, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for his role in a firearms conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal grand jury returned indictments in separate cases charging two men with illegally possessing machine guns.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau is pleased that we were able to reach a resolution with the plaintiffs in the National Urban League v. Raimondo case. We share an interest in transparency and a complete and accurate census. Our census partners have played an essential role in encouraging response to the 2020 Census...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced that CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, a citizen of the United Kingdom, was...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing focused on protecting our nation’s biomedical research from undue foreign influence. In her opening remarks, Senator Murray highlighted how global partnerships...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Henderson, Nevada, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks - known as “shot-gunning" - to attempt to obtain home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
