News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - United States Attorneys James P. Kennedy, Jr., of the Western District of New York, and Christina E. Nolan, of the District of Vermont, announced today that Lisa Miller, 52, formerly of Virginia, has been returned to the United States from Nicaragua and will be arraigned in the Western District of New York on charges of conspiracy and international parental kidnapping. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A former certified public accountant and former chief financial officer of a McMinnville, Oregon company faces federal criminal charges after allegedly evading $99,000 in personal income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Francheska Quinones, age 28, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 63 months’ imprisonment for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy which operated in Luzerne, Lackawanna and Schuylkill Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: A man who escaped from custody in the Gerald R. Hinzman Center pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Aleef Jamar Nicks, 39, of Charlotte, to 108 months in prison yesterday, on drug trafficking and firearm charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Bell also ordered Nicks to serve three years under court supervision after completing his prison term.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WSJ Blasts Dems’ $1.9T Bill as a Non-Covid Spending Blowout.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Chief U.S. District Judge Greg Stivers sentenced Traci D. Reeder to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for multiple charges related to the possession and distribution of methamphetamine, announced Michael A. Bennett, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a federal grand jury has returned two indictments charging 10 individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO), with ties to the Bloods and Gangster Disciples criminal gangs, responsible for distributing large quantities ...
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on last night’s U.S. airstrikes conducted in Syria:
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-In 2020, more than 17.7 million visitors visited Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, Fort Point National Historic Site, Point Reyes National Seashore, and San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas has returned an indictment charging eight individuals with various federal violations related to a complex international drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Though great scientific advancements have been made, this week we have mourned half a million Americans tragically lost to COVID-19. This number represents a family member, a neighbor, a friend, a coworker. And, sadly, more loved ones will join them as COVID-19 ravages our country until the vast majority of Americans are immunized, and we are assured of protection from emerging virus variants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas has returned an indictment charging eight individuals with various federal violations related to a complex international drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Battle, age 29, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment today by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for participating in a conspiracy that forced or coerced women to engage in prostitution in northeastern Pennsylvania.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - For the third year in a row, Big Thicket National Preserve saw a record number of visitors, recording 309,053 visits in 2020, a 21% increase over the previous year. Despite a temporary closure of the visitor center, the public was still able to find the trails and day use areas open...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Puerto Rican man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a cocaine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Imad Dawara, 40, of Swathmore, PA, and Bahaa Dawara, 32, of Woodlyn, PA, both entered pleas of guilty today before United States District Court Chief Judge Juan R. Sanchez to charges of conspiracy to commit arson and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Brennan J. Thompson, age 43, of Cornwall Island, Ontario, pled guilty today to driving away from the Massena Port of Entry while Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers attempted to search his vehicle.
