News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc. (“D&Z"), a privately owned company specializing in construction and maintenance services, has paid $200,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA") for services performed in connection with capital improvement projects at the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced Jeffrey L. Viken, District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A fire destroyed the historic garage and damaged a second historic outbuilding at Scotty’s Castle on Thursday morning, April 22. The historic district in Death Valley National Park has been closed for ongoing repair work after extensive flood damage in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Following a four-day trial, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all seven counts of the indictment this afternoon of former Memphis Attorney George E. Skouteris, Jr. 56. Acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., announced the verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Robeson County man yesterday on multiple firearm charges and for assaulting two federal officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: A Johnson County man who was arrested with 110,000 images of child pornography has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: Two Vidalia, Ga., men who played key roles in an expansive, gang-related drug trafficking ring in middle Georgia each have been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man convicted of Conversion of Mortgaged or Pledged Property was sentenced on April 19, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: TAMPA. Fla. - A federal jury has found Larome D. Waiters (31, Bradenton) guilty of possession of fentanyl and heroin with the intent to distribute, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Waiters faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The Finance Committee is meeting today to consider two highly qualified nominees to key health care positions in the Biden administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man was charged yesterday in connection with defrauding the General Services Administration.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: We congratulate Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva and the Movement for Democracy (MpD) for the party’s victory in Cabo Verde’s April 18 parliamentary elections. We also would like to express our admiration for the Cabo Verdean people and the transparent conduct of their free and fair elections.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, artist Louise Phillips has created a piece of art inspired by Ozark National Scenic Riverways and has donated it to the park for display.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: “The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard," said U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day, at its launch in 1970. The Wisconsin senator was appealing to the nation’s sense of legacy as he endeavored to raise awareness about environmental issues.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul, Rep. Ted Deutch, Chair of the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, and over 325 House Republicans and Democrats, sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging the full funding of security assistance to Israel without added conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-After a three-day trial, a federal jury has found two Pulaski County men guilty of their involvement in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. James “Richie Rich" Richards, 52, of Wrightsville, and Isaac May, 42, of Sweet Home, were found guilty on all counts when the jury returned their verdict late Wednesday evening. United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr., presided over the trial, and Judge Moody will sentence Richards and May at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Guatemala City, Guatemala, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Delivering Package with Firearms without Written Notice to the Carrier, Transferring Firearms to Out of State Resident, Making False Statement in Connection with a Purchase of Firearms, and Smuggling Goods from the United States.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Mr. President, thank you very much for your leadership and the sense of urgency which you are calling everybody to account for. And we thank you for hosting this conference in less than a hundred days from entering the Oval Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $2,453,528 for the State of Florida to help the City of Jacksonville defray the cost of emergency response associated with Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: On April 21, 2021 in The Hague, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Conference of the State Parties adopted a historic decision in response to the Assad regime’s continued use and possession of chemical weapons in violation of its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and its failure to complete the measures set out in the OPCW Executive Council’s July 2020 decision.
