News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester City, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute Adderall, selling oxycodone, and defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in connection with his role in a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Gloucester City, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: 38 Collection Sites Across Idaho Designated for Disposal of Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing and distributing heroin that caused the death of a Warwick, New York, resident, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau named new leaders and members to its National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations (NAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sharee Bailey, 29, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Marchaun Browning (24, Gibsonton) has pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing images depicting the sexual abuse of children. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years, and up to 70 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Leader/Organizer of Cell with the Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment Wednesday charging six former employees of a government contractor for their role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a U.S. government contract to recruit and deploy qualified linguists to Afghanistan where they would provide language services in Dari and Pashto to the U.S. military, including interacting with Afghan civilians and military forces.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Black Hawk, South Dakota, man convicted of Interference with Commerce by Robbery was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico - Environmental protection allows the population to enjoy nature, while contributing to their well-being and also indirectly promotes the creation of small business in the ecotourism industry. This positive cascade effect is how Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator for Puerto Rico, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) today reintroduced H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report out today on the Trump Administration putting up bureaucratic obstacles that stalled approximately $20 billion in hurricane relief that Congress appropriated for Puerto Rico and then obstructing an investigation into the matter.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the...
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: MS PORTER: Hi, good evening. This is Department - State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter. Thank you so much for joining the call this evening. Special Envoy Ricardo Zuniga is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has decades of experience with the State Department and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida -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. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 21, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO -The National Park Service is soliciting applications for agricultural permits for hay cutting covering two parcels in Ozark National Scenic Riverways within Carter and Shannon counties in Missouri.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a two-day recruiting event Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1. The event is designed to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
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: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced on Wednesday to 13 years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine and firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI, and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 20, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment against 16 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District...
