News from February 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today wrote Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Inspector General Richard Delmar calling for accountability and transparency regarding the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), part of the CARES Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Laser from Cheesman Park illuminated the cockpit of “Air 1".
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: TUSKEGEE, AL - In observance of Black History Month 2021, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site will feature special posts and recorded ranger programs on its Facebook page throughout the month of February (www.facebook.com/TuskegeeAirmenNHS. Highlights will include.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office has collected $792,000 in civil penalties as two more civil Controlled Substances Act (CSA) investigations have settled, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division. These...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national previously convicted in Massachusetts on drug trafficking charges and for illegally entering the United States was sentenced on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence to eight years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl, crack cocaine, and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Outdoor enthusiasts have the opportunity to live and work in a beautiful northern California outdoor setting as volunteer camp hosts for the Bureau of Land Management.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Nature can be a great inspiration! Local students can celebrate their creativity and interest in nature through the Youth Arts in the Parks 2021 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. Now is the time for students to get their entries in, for the online contest entry window...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to traveling to have sex with a minor and child pornography offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joseph McCready Tomson, 30, of Vallejo, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Eddie McKinney, 33, of Mt. Hope, pled guilty to distribution and attempted distribution of prepubescent child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Jesse Bernard Robinson, Jr. (34, Brevard County) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Robinson had pleaded guilty on November 9, 2020.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee, Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today urged the Biden Administration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Henry Williams, 55, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 55 months in prison by U.S. District Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. He was also sentenced to serve 12 months in prison for violating the terms of supervised release imposed in connection with an earlier conviction for fraud, and pay restitution totaling $5,649.98.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to lying about her role with a Worcester-based employment agency while testifying before a federal grand jury.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) January 2021 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kaylie Marie Jones, of Wallace, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
Release: SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Adirondack Regional Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Mayorkas: We are writing to request that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) establish a clear zero-tolerance stance for domestic violence and take immediate steps to enforce the current federal law known as the “Lautenberg Amendment." It is imperative that DHS keep firearms out...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) made the following statement after meeting with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and House Democratic leaders to discuss the urgency of delivering the next round of COVID-19 relief...
