News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Damion Lemont Hayes, 21, of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced by United States District Judge David J. Hale on Thursday, February 4, 2021, to 91 months’ imprisonment followed by a 3 year term of Supervised Release for his role in a carjacking that occurred during protest activity in Louisville last year, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
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: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that Loyd T. Turks, Jr., 26, of Lima, Ohio, was sentenced to 144 months imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Jack Zouhary. Turks pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl, methylfentanyl, heroin and cocaine; one count of distribution of methylfentanyl; one count of distribution of cocaine and two counts of distribution of U47700, a Schedule I controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former federal firearm licensee was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for firearms charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after attending a White House meeting with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and House Democratic leaders to discuss the urgent need to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief to the American people...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison for conspiring with others to defraud financial institutions of approximately $393,875.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYROME SAWYER, also known as “Tyrone Sawyer" and “Crack," 30, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Fernando Valencia, 31, of Turlock, was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: SENTENCING - BRANDON DOUGLAS DURGIN. On Jan. 29, Brandon Douglas Durgin, 24, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. According to a criminal complaint, in July 2020, Arlington Police Department initiated an investigation for a stolen sport utility vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Denis Mikhlin to 108 months in prison today. The judge also ordered Mikhlin to pay restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is partnering with Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (RINS) on raptor monitoring efforts across the state. RINS collects and manages crucial data regarding nesting ecology of eagles, falcons, hawks, and owls. Online training workshops for individuals interested in volunteering will be held virtually statewide for the areas and locations:.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
Release: LINTHICUM, Md. - All of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) have gone touchless as a result of the complete installation of automated photo identification scanners.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Justin Lee Fletcher, 39, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced on February 4, 2021 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, by Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon to 120 months’ imprisonment for four counts of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that Matthew Passalaqua, age 52, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher A. Boyko to 80 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Doctor Americo Oms-Rivera, 67, was sentenced to five years of probation by United States District Judge Francisco A. Besosa for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Oms-Rivera plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Oct. 23, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: Convicted Felon Purchased High Caliber Ammunition at a Pawn Shop.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: “THRIVE" Agenda lays groundwork for national response to economic recovery, racial justice and climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
