News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced Vice Chairs for the House Appropriations Committee’s 12 subcommittees in the 117th Congress. The 12 subcommittee Vice Chairs are.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held its organizational meeting for the 117th Congress, where the Committee finalized assignments for its six subcommittees as well as the Committee rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Jeffrey Aronofsky (55, Orlando) to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Democrats’ reintroduction of the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize Act, far-reaching, radical legislation that allows union bosses to consolidate power, coerce workers, line their own pockets, and bolster their own political agenda...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: LURAY, VA - To protect the health of those who live, work, and visit national parks and National Park Service (NPS) facilities, and in support of President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing, NPS is immediately implementing a mask requirement for employees, visitors, partners and contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a Georgia consulting company and a Texas man were charged today in connection with their roles in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referrals of patient DNA samples and genetic tests to a laboratory, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the occasion of the six-month anniversary of the Port of Beirut incident.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are recruiting volunteers to adopt a monitoring plot in areas throughout the park. In an effort to track nature’s calendar, or phenology, volunteers will collect information as part of an important research project tracking seasonal biological data such as plant flowering dates and changes in tree canopy foliage.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man previously convicted of multiple felonies was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hot Springs, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Attempted Enticement of a Minor, Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, and Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A convicted felon with a violent criminal history, arrested in Athens for illegal possession of a firearm, was sentenced to prison yesterday for his crime, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been unsealed charging Blaine Kenneth Kluge, age 25, of Forest Hill, Maryland, for illegal possession of an unregistered firearm, specifically, a silencer. The complaint was filed Jan. 28, 2021 and unsealed on Feb. 3, 2021 upon the arrest of the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted selling 11 firearms he stole from a residence to an undercover agent was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal announced that Patrick Daniel Kampe, age 56, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Feb. 3, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Kampe pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Jhontae Jamison will be detained pending trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after it was announced that Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) was selected to serve as the top Republican on the House Ethics Committee for the 117th Congress...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
Release: The United States had no involvement in the 2016 attempted coup in Turkey and promptly condemned it. Recent assertions to the contrary made by senior Turkish officials are wholly false.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A member of Primeiro Comando da Massachusetts (“PCM"), a gang with Brazilian origins, was sentenced yesterday in connection with committing armed robberies and kidnapping.
