News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - U.S. District Judge Fred Biery sentenced 45-year-old Luther Otis Foster IV, to a total of 90 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for pointing a shotgun at federal agents during the execution of a search warrant at his Bandera County residence, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division.and U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Incoming Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement regarding the announcement that U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will be joining the Finance Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released school enrollment data tables for October 2019 that examine the characteristics of people enrolled in school at all levels using statistics from the Current Population Survey. These data were gathered before the COVID-19 pandemic and serve as a pre-crisis benchmark for future research and planning.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Vistapharm, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $325,000 to resolve allegations that Vistapharm violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain records required by the CSA. In addition to paying a civil penalty, Vistapharm has agreed to sign separately a Memorandum of Agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clarksburg, WV, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has conducted an initial short-duration test of its ventilation fan known as 700-C - the first step toward restarting the system to help provide additional airflow in the underground waste repository.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Phillip Thomas, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 100 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and an additional 30 months for revocation of his federal supervised release. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Chula Vista, California - The fire resulting in injuries to four Chula Vista Fire Department firefighters has been determined to be accidental.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: WATERTOWN, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Watertown International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 115,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Representative Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) today wrote to the Biden-Harris Transition Team and White...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Waubay, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM has made a sizable investment over the last five years to improve infrastructure and support mission needs through 2050 at the 1950s-era Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Christopher Lee Wheatfall-Grate, age 29, of Denver, was sentenced to ten years (120 months) in federal prison for his role in an armed bank robbery. The sentence will be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged in federal court with carjacking for allegedly violently taking a vehicle from a victim last summer.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: 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 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed a forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that all oil aboard a Liberian-flagged vessel, the M/T Achilleas (Achilleas), is subject to forfeiture based on U.S. terrorism forfeiture laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Devante Crutez Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted today on a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
