News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 29-year-old legal permanent resident of McAllen has been sentenced following his conviction in Corpus Christi federal court of conspiring to possess and distributing over 21 kilos of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Signup period, which had previously been announced as ending on Feb. 12, 2021. USDA will continue to accept offers as it takes this opportunity for the incoming Administration to evaluate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Carlito Marcilino Velasco, 61 of Juneau and Don Irenio Castro Santiago II, 37, a citizen of the Philippines residing in Anchorage, have been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy in Kodiak.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A federal grand jury today returned a one-count indictment charging a Providence man with arson, alleging that he intentionally set a Providence Police Department cruiser on fire during a riot in downtown Providence during the early morning hours of June 2, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District is currently recruiting applicants for seasonal call-when-needed wildland firefighters for the 2021 fire season. Wildland firefighters provide a valuable service, protecting American communities and public lands. To serve on a wildland...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: A former high school track coach has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for stalking a student and possessing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
Release: They sat in window seats - most seeing the world they protect from 35,000 feet for the first time - as they reported for duty in Tampa. The 35 K9 teams came from across the country to support the security operations of Super Bowl LV.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Carlton McIntyre, 26, of New Hanover County, was sentenced today to 54 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Possess With the Intent to Distribute and Distribute a Quantity of Heroin and Possess With the Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office today issued the following statement regarding DOJ enforcement of the eviction moratorium order issued by the Centers for Disease Control.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A local attorney was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms, including an AR-15 rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Denis Mikhlin to 108 months in prison today. The judge also ordered Mikhlin to pay restitution. The 41-year-old St. Louis County, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in August, to four felony counts of conspiracy, obtaining oxycodone and...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Interior, Scott de la Vega, demanding answers on the Biden administration’s recent orders banning new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Audrey Fleissig sentenced Michael Malone to 12 months and 1 day in prison today. Malone was also ordered to make restitution to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the amount of $2,362,761.33. The 42-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: A Serbian man has been extradited from Serbia to the United States to face allegations that he and others duped investors out of more than $70 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Armando Antonio Mena, age 29 of Arizona, pleaded guilty on February 5, 2021 in federal court to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Saybyn Borges, 30, of Reno, Nevada, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years and one month in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Subcommittee Leaders Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following joint statement on their letter asking Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. to join Republicans in holding Big Tech accountable...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement on the Pre-Existing Conditions Protection Act of 2021...
