News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Quion M. Smith, Sr., 38, of Bossier City, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 96 months (8 years) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal announced that Brian Keith Messer, age 39, of Omaha, Neb., was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose on Feb. 3, 2021, to 24 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for failure to register as a sex offender. Messer pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee to nine years in federal prison for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Jeffrey Tavarez, 22, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, Neb., - Justin C. King was named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division in January and beginning Feb. 1, he oversees 11 offices within a five-state territory. The third SAC of the Omaha Division, King replaces Richard Salter Jr., who retired from the DEA in January.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
Release: OGDENSBURG, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Ogdensburg International Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Roy Edward Gibbs, age 65, of Frederick, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of possession of child pornography. In July 2006, Gibbs was convicted in Montgomery County Circuit Court on four counts involving the sexual abuse of two prepubescent girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant also allegedly possessed armor-piercing ammunition and appears to adhere to sovereign citizen ideology.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate will have the chance to go on the record today to support students and schools in states that will suffer under the Biden administration’s oil and gas leasing ban.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, all House Committee on Natural Resources Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Acting Secretary Scott de la Vega, requesting information regarding President Joe Biden’s executive orders on climate. In part, the members wrote.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Operation Undaunted, a program designed to apprehend dangerous criminals, interrupt violence, protect innocent life and restore peace to local neighborhoods, is underway in San Antonio, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Quion M. Smith, Sr., 38, of Bossier City, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 96 months (8 years) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced.
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 Joseph R. Biden was inaugurated as 46th President of the United States and Kamala D. Harris was inaugurated as 49th Vice President of the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Four individuals were arrested today and charged in connection with a scheme to defraud an insurance provider for physical therapy services that were not provided to patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Great Falls man who admitted breaking into an outfitting business and stealing 27 firearms was sentenced today to six years and three months in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Randell J. Gartin, Subcommittee Staff Director for Select Revenue Measures for the House Committee on Ways and Means Republicans, announced his pending departure from the Hill after nearly five years of service that included the first major tax overhaul in over three decades. Gartin rose to the position of Subcommittee Staff Director after serving as Tax Counsel focusing on American competitiveness for local business.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man today admitted his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.75 million grant to Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, West Virginia, to provide critical infrastructure needed to expand the Raleigh County Business Park. This EDA grant, to be matched with $4.85 million in state and local funds, is expected to create 624 jobs and generate $48 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A disbarred lawyer was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison for stealing more than $4 million from his clients through a variety of means, including collecting fees for work he never performed.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal, for calling this meeting today.
