News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Allegedly Fraudulently Replicated the Website of a Biotech Company That Has an Authorized COVID-19 Vaccine to Perpetrate the Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Todd Earl Bridges, age 38, a resident of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2020, to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Actual...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - In response to President Biden’s request that all Presidentially appointed United States Attorneys step down, United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., submitted his letter of resignation to the President today with an effective date of midnight on Feb. 28, 2021. He expressed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Man Sentenced for Operating Multi-Million Dollar International Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Johnson, 33, of West Seneca, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with possession of child pornography and destruction of evidence. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Thomas, 59 of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison and 10 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possessing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) today called on Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold a hearing to investigate billions in fraudulent unemployment benefits granted by the California Employment Development Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Hector Kioni Gongora, 43, of Fresno, charging him with possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup on legislative recommendations for its budget reconciliation instructions...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury, on Wednesday, indicted 49-year-old Richard Rief on 14 counts of failure to collect and pay over employment taxes and two counts of failure to file or pay tax.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed Vermillion Falls Road off of Colorado Highway 318, 40 miles west of Maybell in Moffat County. Subsurface erosion has resulted in deep sinkholes in the roadbed and are a danger to public safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other senate infrastructure leaders at the White House to discuss the nation's transportation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce during the early-morning hours of Feb. 11, 2021, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Fugitive Unit arrested fugitive Kevin Coes on an outstanding warrant from Hamilton County for two counts of Murder.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Robert Tyrone Kimbrough, 35, of Many, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 120 months (10 years) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 Million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency, Omaha, Nebraska, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the city of DeKalb, Texas, to design and construct water and sewer improvements needed to spur business growth in the city, including at the Dekalb Industrial Foundation’s 36-acre industrial site. The EDA grant will be matched with $560,000 in local investment.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at the beginning of today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce markup.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Tyshaun Williams, 29, of Lancaster, PA, was sentenced to 115 months in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., for firearms and drug trafficking offenses.
