News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND-Lajuan Fitzpatrick, 29, of Lake Station, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 36 years in prison following his conviction at trial in November 2019 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and discharging a firearm causing death during this drug trafficking crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 32-year-old man has been charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos of Dozens of Victims.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement on being elected ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) for the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Sandra Wilson was sentenced to eight months in prison for conspiring to distribute K2 controlled substances (Schedule I synthetic cannabinoids) in 2018, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Female genital mutilation (FGM) has broad implications for the health and human rights of women and girls, as well as societies at large. International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation on February 6 served as an opportunity to reflect on victims who have suffered from FGM, including those who have died or suffered lifelong health complications from the practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Resignation to be effective Feb. 28, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Updated: April 20, 2021. On Jan. 20, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis, " which, in part, suspended EO 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System " for 90 days. On April 20...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Keyport man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for illegally possessing an assault rifle, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement after the Biden administration withdrew a proposed rule requiring disclosure of relationships with Confucius Institutes. The Confucius Institutes are entities in U.S. colleges and schools...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Halsey Frank, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, appeared on WGME TV to discuss the growing danger of money mules. The story can be seen here.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Steven G. Dubin, 66, of Holland, PA, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $74,800 restitution by United States District Court Judge Gene E.K. Pratter for fraud stemming from a scheme to steal his clients’ retainer fees and use them for other expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, BRANDON SCOTT NEWBERRY, 39, of Guthrie, was sentenced to serve 169 months in federal prison for bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Anyone interested in off-highway vehicle sports on northeast California public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management’s Eagle Lake Field Office can share suggestions for projects or improvements that would benefit from grant funding, when the BLM holds a virtual public meeting, Thursday, Feb. 11, at 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of DEREK JONES on charges of wire fraud and aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden woman pleaded guilty today to stealing Social Security benefits and embezzling over $27,000 from a bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Three men have pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally hunting whitetail deer on a part of Fort Riley where explosives are discharged during training exercises.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on February 8, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
