News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A East Helena man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine was sentenced today to 76 months in prison and five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and House Science, Space and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) to send a letter to House Speaker Nancy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Eddie Terrell Adams, 39, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kristi H. Johnson to 46 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Jackson Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Ralph Norman Wells, 39, of Fairbanks, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of Controlled Substance with the Intent to Distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Today an additional defendant pleaded guilty in a long-running investigation into a prescription drug-billing scheme involving a Haleyville, Ala.-based pharmacy, Northside Pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Henderson man was sentenced last week to 144 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Kevin B. Marsh, former SCANA Corporation (SCANA) Chief Executive Officer and former Chairman of its Board of Directors, is scheduled to plead guilty on Wednesday, February 24 in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, before the Honorable Mary G. Lewis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
Release: The United States again calls on Turkey to immediately release Osman Kavala from detention. The specious charges against Kavala, his ongoing detention, and the continuing delays in the conclusion of his trial, including through the merger of cases against him, undermine respect for the rule of law and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with Fitness International, LLC, doing business as L.A. Fitness, to resolve allegations that an L.A. Fitness club in Norwalk was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A South Georgia man with an extensive criminal history is facing a maximum ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Defendant Accepted Bribe Payment to Not Issue a $25,000 Fine to Construction Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Kenneth Nash, the owner of a South Haven home health agency, was sentenced to sixty-three months in federal prison. Nash pled guilty to health care fraud on Oct. 28, 2020, admitting that his company, Universal Home Health Care...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Durham man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana and Aiding and Abetting (Count Three) and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime (Count Four).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former senior executive at TPG Capital, a global private equity firm, pleaded guilty today in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Shawn Connell, 41, of Albuquerque, was charged in federal court on Feb. 8 with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Connell has been released from custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Former Florida Resident Indicted for Tax Evasion and Failing to Report Foreign Bank Accounts.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s markup of the Committee majority's budget reconciliation measure...
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
Release: I really appreciate the invitation to be with you and I want to thank you. You’ve been a terrific partner on the whole issue of advancing global ambition. Glasgow, in a short nine months from now, is going to be the most important meeting I think that we’ve ever had because as you know scientists gave...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, has announced his resignation, effective Feb. 28, 2021. U.S. Attorney Dunavant has served in office since September, 2017.
