News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Paterson, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing and distributing heroin that caused the death of a Warwick, New York, resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The DEA Washington Division, an agency currently working to expand partnerships to offer targeted, full-scope solutions for the drug problems in Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia, today introduced a new webinar series, “Empowering DMV Healthcare Professionals." The idea for this unique concept was...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Kula, Maui -Visitors planning to backpack in Haleakalā National Park are now able to reserve Haleakalā Crater wilderness campsites in advance online. The new reservation system through Recreation.gov and wilderness camping in Haleakalā Crater officially opened on Earth Day, April 22 at 7 am HST. Wilderness...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Jacksonville man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Queens, N.Y. - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Gateway National Recreation Area will increase its beach parking fees at Jacob Riis Park. The additional revenue will fund infrastructure and maintenance needs and help enhance the visitor experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Luis Armando Romero Jr., 20, of Turlock, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 33 year-old Mexican citizen residing in Matamoros, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison for possessing 43 kilograms of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: At the Leaders Summit on Climate, the United States and India launched a new high-level, “U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership,” to create stronger bilateral cooperation on actions in the current decade to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Partnership will proceed along ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIK RAFAEL POLANCO, also known as “Chino," 24, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 29 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A felon was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm that had been used in an attempted robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), 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 USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reintroduced the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act , which will break down barriers for farmers and foresters interested in participating ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris requesting information on the current situation at the southern border, including information about the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) operations...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on a Department-wide effort to improve and reimagine the supply chains for the production, processing and distribution of agricultural commodities and food products. USDA...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was indicted today on charges stemming from illegally possessing ammunition in connection with two shootings, illegally possessing a handgun and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Darryl Lennell Moore, 32, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, one involving fentanyl, the other involving methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, NC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Raleigh District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 20th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: A federal jury today found a man from Choctaw guilty of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-wife in April 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA) released the following statement announcing the start of a bipartisan effort to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which is the nation’s primary federal workforce ...
