News from February 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to 150 months imprisonment for possessing multiple firearms in connection with drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that he has been named the Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Veronica Lewis, 36, of Worchester, Vermont pleaded guilty today to Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. United States District Judge Christina Reiss deferred acceptance of the plea agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nicholas Faber, age 25, of Rochester, New York, pled guilty yesterday to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of online social media accounts and theft of nude images of dozens of female victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for an elaborate bank frank scheme resulting in losses of more than $2 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - Khyree Banks of Elizabeth City was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Banks’ 5 prior state felony convictions and 20 prior misdemeanor convictions include multiple instances of breaking and entering, larceny, and felony possession of cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2021 must do so by March 15. Producers who have not yet signed a 2021 enrollment contract or who want to make an election change should contact their local USDA...
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced an update to senior staff positions for his committee office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: For Drug Conspiracy and Causing Death During the Drug Conspiracy.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “State...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2019 County Business Patterns (CBP) First Look data table. This preliminary tabulation includes the number of establishments, employment for the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll at the NAICS sector level (i.e., 2-digit NAICS) for the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Angel Roberto Lopez (35, Honduras) to 21 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. Roberto Lopez had pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Breyanna Wilkerson, of Beckley, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Wilkerson faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced on May 10, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Harrisonburg, Va. - Two of the five defendants charged as part of a conspiracy that trafficked heroin from Maryland to Virginia leading to at least one fatal and one non-fatal overdose were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg, Special Agent in Charge Jarod A. Forget of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Washington Division and Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GLADSTONE BENJAMIN, JR., 29, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 45-year-0ld resident of Watford City, North Dakota, has been ordered to prison for his conviction of assault within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. of the Northern District of Iowa has announced his resignation effective midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Upon his departure from the Department of Justice, Mr. Deegan plans to join a private law firm based in the Midwest.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Justice Sector Reform in Armenia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007601. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation: ...
