News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - After 21 years with the Department of Justice, and 32 years’ government service, United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez will resign as chief law enforcement officer for the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) on Feb. 27, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - As Missourians begin to file their 2020 tax returns, criminals are exploiting the filing season to scam people out of their money and personal information. The best way to avoid falling victim to a scam is knowing how the Internal Revenue Service communicates with taxpayers.
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s release of an unclassified report on the death of the Jamal Khashoggi and its announcement of sanctions against individuals involved in his murder...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Vice Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to Thomson Reuters and Equifax, Inc. requesting documents and information regarding the sale of utility customers’ data to U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE).
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WEST FARMINGTON, OH - A 14-year-old boy working on the roof of a Berea townhome without required fall protection suffered critical injuries when he fell 20-feet to the ground. Immediately following this serious incident, the company's owner and three other workers put on personal fall arrest equipment...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Frankie Rios, age 40, of Troy, New York, was ordered detained yesterday after being arrested on Monday and charged with possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Charles Pingley, 52, of North Carolina, and his sister, Loretta Johnson, 50, of Maryville, Tennessee, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on Feb. 17, 2021, for one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Robbery and two counts of Bank Robbery. The case has been set for trial on April 27, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, before the Honorable Judge Katherine Crytzer, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Frankie Rios, age 40, of Troy, New York, was ordered detained yesterday after being arrested on Monday and charged with possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee member Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box" to discuss how House Democrats are forcing a $1.9T COVID-19 “relief" bill without any bipartisan support.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: The Archeological Overview and Assessment (AOA) of Werowocomoco, residence of Powhatan and the site of the first meetings between Native leaders and English colonists, was completed in November 2020. The 183-page report summarizes the current state of archeological research and offers direction for future preservation and management of the archeological resources found on this historical site, which was acquired by the National Park Service in 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field Office, is seeking public comment on the environmental assessment for proposed range improvements in two grazing allotments located in Deep Springs Valley, the Piper Mountains, and Fish Lake Valley in eastern Inyo County. The deadline to submit public comments is March 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Elijah Moore to 360 months in prison today. The 38-year-old Warrenton, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to kill a federal officer, one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and one count of carjacking.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Republican Leader Mike Kelly (R-PA), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Republican Leader Jackie Walorski...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Biden Administration’s leadership on addressing health disparities faced by communities of color. The Chairman sent a letter to then-U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Five former U.S. Postal Service employees are among 11 individuals charged with conspiring to steal credit cards and other financial instruments from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - United States Attorneys James P. Kennedy, Jr., of the Western District of New York, and Christina E. Nolan, of the District of Vermont, announced today that Lisa Miller, 52, formerly of Virginia, has been returned to the United States from Nicaragua and will be arraigned in the Western District of New York on charges of conspiracy and international parental kidnapping. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fayetteville, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for participating in a scheme to steal, alter, and cash business checks from Richmond-area mailboxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Six individuals associated with the Proud Boys, a nationalist organization, were indicted today by a grand jury sitting in federal court in the District of Columbia with conspiring to obstruct or impede an official proceeding and to impede or interfere with law enforcement during the commission of a civil disorder, among other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a drug user was sentenced today to more than one year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Rugh James Cline (40, Tampa) with five counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count of possessing child exploitation materials. If convicted, Cline faces a maximum...
