News published on Federal Newswire in February 2021

News from February 2021


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) praised the Biden Administration’s agreement to delay the effective date of a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation finalized by the Trump Administration,...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man who operated a durable medical equipment company has been sentenced to federal prison for participating in a commercial bribery conspiracy that involved a health care program.


High Springs Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Torrey Tythoneus White of High Springs, Florida, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to numerous drug trafficking and firearm charges. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence, which was handed down on Monday.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Marshals are holding an online auction for two valuable pieces of art, Heinz Schulz-Neudamm’s rare “Metropolis" 1927 film poster and Andy Warhol’s piece entitled “Round Jackie, 1964," with starting prices of $367,000 and $510,000 respectively.


Registered Sex Offender Charged with Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Foster man convicted in Rhode Island state court in June 2017 for engaging online with a person he believed to be a 13-year old girl with whom he shared sexually explicit images and with whom he tried to make arrangements to meet to engage in sex near the girl’s middle school, has been ordered detained in federal custody for allegedly possessing child pornography.


News Release: Sold heroin, fentanyl, and other illegal drugs in Indianapolis.


Senator Murray: CDC Guidelines Will “Chart the Path Forward” on Schools Reopening, But More Funding is Needed

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidelines on schools reopening for in-person instruction. Senator Murray...


News Release: BOSTON - The former Chief Operating Officer of Global Premier Soccer (GPS), a now defunct youth soccer organization formerly based in Waltham, Mass., was charged today in connection with a wide-ranging visa fraud conspiracy.


Grayson County Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Sherman, Texas man has been indicted on charges involving the sexual exploitation of children in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.


TWO MEN CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DARKNET DRUG DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY

News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - Two Texas men were charged in a complaint unsealed today for their alleged participation in a drug distribution conspiracy perpetrated over the Darknet.


Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for North Platte River Basin

News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the February snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on February 8, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


2020 Census Geographic Products Available

News Release: District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wyoming and Puerto Rico.


Colorado Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Operating Prostitution Ring

News Release: Couple generated over $700,000 in revenue in 20 months.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Richard Bracey was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to launder drug-trafficking proceeds between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Stamford Contractor Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Charge

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ramsey E. Covington, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that PAVEL TEPLY, 45, of Stamford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to a federal tax offense.


News Release: DENVER -- United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Michael Shawn Stewart, 57, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bryant Edwin Sewall, 54, previously of Little Elm, Texas, charging them with fourteen counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Defendant Stewart made his initial appearance today in front of United States Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix. He remains out on bond. Defendant Sewall remains at large.


Indianapolis man pleads guilty to hate crime and unlawful possession of a firearm

News Release: Made racially motivated threats toward black neighbor.


Texas Men Sentenced in Counterfeit Identification Documents Conspiracy

News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.