News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Scott Bullers, 62, and Pearl Susan Mibbs, 54, both of Warsaw, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring and attempting to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH - Minong Mine Copper Mining District, part of Isle Royale National Park, has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL). The designation celebrates the national significance of Indigenous and historic copper mining that occurred at the Minong Mine. Minong is the Ojibwe term for Isle Royale.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: At the outset of the previous Congress, I reminded you all of the great history of this Committee and the even greater responsibility that is entrusted with us as its members. It is the breadth of this responsibility that guided us to bold, clear priorities, and a mission to level the playing field for the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service is very happy to announce that this week’s “Fugitive of the Week" for New Hampshire has surrendered. Jeremy David Michael, 46 years-of-age, currently of Tilton, NH surrendered to members of the U.S. Marshals along with the Tilton Police Department. Michael...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: George Rogers Clark National Historical Park management have decided not to hold the annual wreath laying ceremony in the Clark Memorial on February 25. The Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society host a luncheon following the ceremony which has also been cancelled for this year. “The event averages...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) today released a statement on President Joe Biden’s announcement that the United States will end its support for Saudi-led war operations in Yemen.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
Release: The United States welcomes the verdict in the case against former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Dominic Ongwen, for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a significant step for justice and accountability for atrocities committed by the LRA. We hope that this verdict brings some measure of peace to the many victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that James Patrick Giannakos, Jr. of Gilbert has been charged with threatening a former Assistant United States Attorney, her family, and associates. According to documents filed with the court, the threats came after multiple media platforms reported that the Government used information from Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, to prosecute approximately 13 individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A woman who conspired with a member of the Fitchburg Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to drug distribution charges.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Kula, Maui -The Summit District of Haleakalā National Park has now reopened. The road beyond Haleakalā Visitor Center at 9,740 feet extending up to the Puʻuʻulaʻula (Red Hill) at 10,023 remains closed to vehicle traffic due to icy roadways.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jhontae Kaprice Jamison, of Kalamazoo, has been detained on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man today admitted he distributed methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Brady: We Support Wage AND Job Increases for All.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with illegally carrying a loaded pistol. The defendant, who allegedly also possessed armor-piercing ammunition, appears to adhere to the anti-government/anti-authority sovereign citizen ideology.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced changes to his senior staff for the Committee, naming Derek Theurer as the new Republican chief tax counsel...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - DEA Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Eduardo A. Chavez of the Dallas Field Division announced that the Claremore, Oklahoma-based non-profit organization “Light of Hope" (LOH) has been named one of two 2020 DEA National Community Drug Prevention Award winners. In addition to the national recognition, LOH received a plaque and a check for $2,000.00 from the DEA.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Department of Interior (DOI) delaying implementation of a Trump Administration rule that would weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and distributing fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the Biden administration pause for a 30-day public comment period before finalizing any rewrite of a regulation implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant was Secretary of Massachusetts Latin Kings Leadership.
