News from February 2021
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct a controlled prescribed burn, as soon as next week, at the Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County. Timing of the one-day burn will depend on weather conditions, air quality, resource availability and onsite observations. The project will cover roughly one-half acre, burning less than 10 piles of wind-blown downed trees, to remove available fuels that could feed wildland fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Comments on Transformation and Success in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina 2017-2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - An Atlanta man, Tramone Brandon Horne, 36, was sentenced to 270 months in federal prison on Friday, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, after previously admitting to engaging in a conspiracy to distribute aggravated amounts of methamphetamine throughout Whitley, Laurel, and Knox Counties.
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcella Samuels, 44, of Irondequoit, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Olayinka Wahab, a/k/a Sulaimon Olayinka Wahab, age 45, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to copyright infringement in connection with his sale of counterfeit DVDs containing copyrighted works, including popular movies, television shows, and fitness programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Five Others Charged in Federal Criminal Complaints.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site will host an online Civil Rights Educator Institute from Tuesday, July 13 through Thursday, July 15, 2021. This free professional development course is open to educators, community workers, and cultural activists; requests to participate in this virtual program will be accepted through March 31, 2021 or until all openings are filled.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Suffolk County, New York, man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAIʻI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for March 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Three Columbus residents with lengthy criminal histories, one a known member of the Black Disciples street gang, were sentenced to federal prison without parole this week for a variety of firearm convictions, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) requested the Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fillmore Field Office will reopen the Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Center for the season on Feb. 28, 2021. Starting on Sunday, visitor center hours of operation will be Thursday - Monday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The recreation area is open 24/7 and 365 days a year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Fort Payne, Ala. -2020 was a record high year for visitation at Little River Canyon National Preserve. Little River Canyon recorded 802,375 visitors for the year. By comparison, 2019 brought 649,986 visitors to the park. Increases in visitation occurred as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: After serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut for more than three years, and as a federal prosecutor in Connecticut for more than 38 years, John H. Durham today announced his resignation from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, effective at midnight on February 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Acton woman was sentenced today in connection with her role in defrauding the U.S. Treasury Department of more than $50 million in tax free energy grants as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Harlem man who admitted to drinking and driving a four-wheeler when it crashed, killing his passenger on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, was sentenced on Thursday to 16 months in prison and to two years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Suffolk County, New York, man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Feb. 26, 2021. SAN DIEGO - U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer announced today that he has submitted his resignation to President Biden, effective at midnight on Feb. 28, 2021, concluding more than two years in the position. “Serving as U.S. Attorney...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after meeting today with Janet McCabe, President Joe Biden's nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
