News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and David N. Cicilline, Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the Kremlin’s forcible return of two gay men into the hands of Chechen authorities known to have committed gross violations of human rights...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICARDO REYES, also known as “Rick the Ruler," 41, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 216 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics and firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $10.2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Texas prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Amtrak recently began accepting claims for monetary compensation for people with mobility disabilities who traveled or wanted to travel from or to one of 78 stations nationally and encountered accessibility issues at the stations, one of which is located in Holdredge, Nebraska. Claims must be submitted by May 29, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $865,000 grant to Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority (LRRA), Lubbock, Texas, to make critical security and airport runway enhancements to facilitate job creation at the Reese Technology Center. The EDA grant, to be matched with $865,000 in local investment, is expected to generate $20 million in private investment.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials traveled to Guatemala City, Feb. 3, to renew and expand the partnership with the Government of Guatemala to share fugitive and criminal history information, including convictions and gang affiliations.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $8.6 million grant to the University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, to increase the university’s capacity to support regional economic development. The EDA grant, to be matched with $1.7 million in local investment, is expected to create 243 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - John Subleski, age 32, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Adam Turner, age 35, also of Louisville, Kentucky, were arrested by the Louisville Division of Federal Bureau of Investigation today, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CHRISTOPHER MAY, age 28 of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a six count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922 and 924 and the Federal Drug Control Act, Title 21 United States Code, Section 841.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man indicted in a sex and drug trafficking investigation today admitted to conspiracy and firearms crimes stemming from an ecstasy transaction that went bad, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: BOISE - United States Attorney Bart McKay Davis, 65, of Idaho Falls, has announced his resignation effective Feb. 28, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.1 million grant to the city of Lumberton, North Carolina, to fund construction of a permanent floodgate system to prevent flooding to area businesses. The EDA grant, to be matched with $1 million in local investment, is expected to create 90 jobs, retain 323 jobs, and spur $4.25 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Damien Breding, age 45 of Williston, ND, for Receipt and Possession of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jerry Koch, 59, Fennimore, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Koch pleaded guilty to this charge on Dec. 10, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court today, charging David Kyle Reeves, 27, of, Gastonia, N.C., with threatening the President of the United States, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Reeves was arrested on Friday, February 5, 2021, and had a court hearing this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Thaddeus Ponce, 58, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, pleaded guilty in federal court Feb. 5 to influencing federal officials by threat.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CHRISTOPHER MAY, age 28 of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a six count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922 and 924 and the Federal Drug Control Act, Title 21 United States Code, Section 841.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - A Florida man pleaded guilty for fraudulently obtaining approximately $3.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and using those funds, in part, to purchase a $318,000 Lamborghini sports car for himself.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - Each spring raptors return to the Indian Creek area for nesting. Eagles, falcons, and other migratory birds use shallow depressions on ledges, cliffs and rock walls, and often return to the same site year after year to raise their young. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Alleged Scheme Involved Single Largest Number of Individual Fraudulent EIDL Applications Associated with the CARES Act.
