News from February 2021
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: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Larry Jordan, 42, of Lancaster, NY, and Sutukh El a/k/a Curtis Jordan a/k/a Hugo Hurt, 38, of Buffalo, NY, with wire and bank fraud conspiracy, bank fraud, and engaging in monetary...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury in Tallahassee has returned a three-count indictment charging a federal correctional officer with sexually abusing three inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee. Jimmy Lee Highsmith was charged with Sexual Abuse of a Ward. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the indictment, which was issued on February 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard Curtis, age 21, of Baldwinsville, New York, appeared today in federal court on charges that he received child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 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), Fred Upton (R-MI), David McKinley (R-WV), Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following joint statement on their letter asking the Office of Management and Budget to provide details on COVID-19 Relief...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled," Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps":
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled, “Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps." See video of Chair DeFazio's opening statement here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: 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: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for his role in a fentanyl and heroin distribution ring that led to multiple overdoses and at least one death.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Feb. 3, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Oscar Valderrama-Albaladejo, Juan Tyler López Gerraughty, and Alex Manuel López Felicie with bank larceny in connection with stealing an ATM containing over $20,000, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation of the case.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Delaware Division of Small Business, Dover, Delaware, to establish and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to businesses adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Delaware. This EDA grant is expected to help create 1,500 jobs and retain 500 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two felons were sentenced to federal prison for gun crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a prize competition to reduce the amount of water seeping from canal infrastructure throughout the West. The Water America's Crops Challenge seeks to improve water delivery efficiency and minimize canal failures for America's agriculture by reducing water seeping from a canal into the ground.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAHEEN THOMPSON, 41, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 85 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm while on federal supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted concealing assets from a bankruptcy trustee, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Darrell Gillespie, of Smyrna, Georgia, was sentenced to 265 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit armed home invasions of drug dealers. Gillespie was convicted after a nearly three week jury trial in January...
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - The former executive director of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition today admitted stealing federal funds for an unapproved trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces efforts, in partnership with federal, state, and local agencies, to prevent and combat human trafficking in the Middle District of Florida during National Slavery and Human Trafficking month and in preparation for Super Bowl LV in Tampa.
