News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Long Island Man Allegedly Stole More than $400,000 to Pay Gambling Debts and Credit Card Bills.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: The Defendant Arranged the Sale of Two Kilograms of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Natick man was charged in a superseding indictment today in connection with fentanyl trafficking resulting in the death of a 24-year old woman in Natick in November 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina - Following last month’s recognition as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, United States Attorney Peter McCoy is urging the public to continue raising awareness about human trafficking and support efforts to fight modern-day slavery in South Carolina.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service is pleased to announce that this week’s “Fugitive of the Week" for New Hampshire has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force. Luis Mendoza Vazquez, 33 years-of-age, of Manchester, NH was arrested this morning shortly after being...

By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients today, commending the Biden Administration’s swift action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and requesting a briefing and written response on its efforts to quickly increase the number of Americans vaccinated across the country.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: The annual Site Sustainability Plan (SSP) outlines the sustainability plans of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) and summarizes the office’s progress in meeting sustainability goals. The 2021 SSP describes how LM was faced with new challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients today, commending the Biden Administration’s swift action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and requesting a briefing and written response on its efforts to quickly increase the number of Americans vaccinated across the country.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, Pa., - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kenelm L. Shirk, age 71, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 3, 2021, by a federal grand jury for threatening to murder members of the United States Senate.

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.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. (EST) entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm after leading police officers on a high-speed chase.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that they have reintroduced a bipartisan bill to help make information about how the federal government is spending taxpayer dollars...

By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. (EST) entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Dominique Lamar Oliver (31, Ocala) to 12 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Oliver had pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Man Purchased Lamborghini After Receiving $3.9 Million in PPP Loans.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. (EST) entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tucson Field Office has authorized, under Special Recreation Permits (SRP), organized group events in February and March on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (NCA). During these events, the group sites will likely be unavailable for other...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: A Perryton, Texas Police Officer has been charged with uploading and sharing sexually explicit images of children on the internet, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.