News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Sedalia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing crack cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- As part of The Hill’s virtual panel titled, “Reset 2021: A New American Start," Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) spoke with The Hill’s Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons about his vision for rebuilding America’s infrastructure. Chair DeFazio...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conducting an illegal sports gambling business and laundering the proceeds through an offshore company.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - To protect the health of those who live, work and visit our national parks and facilities, and in support of the President’s Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing, the National Park Service (NPS) today implemented a mask requirement for employees, visitors, partners and contractors.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Yuma, Arizona - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office announced today it will begin dredging a 50-acre open water area upstream of Imperial Dam within the next two-weeks - following the launch, post assembly testing and fine-tuning of the dredge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty today to stealing mail packages, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey E. Krafels of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), Western Area Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the guilty pleas of 16 defendants related to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by Russian authorities’ decision to sentence opposition figure Aleksey Navalny to two years and eight months imprisonment, replacing his suspended sentence with jail time. Like every Russian citizen, Mr. Navalny is entitled to the rights provided in the Russian constitution, and Russia has international obligations to respect equality before the law and the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Ridgeview, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises, Distribution to a Person Under Age Twenty-One, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill.- A Champaign, Ill., man, Shamar N. Betts, 20, today pleaded guilty to inciting a riot in Champaign, Ill., that began on May 31 and continued overnight to June 1, 2020. Sentencing has been scheduled on June 14, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Through an Executive Order on regional migration in North and Central America, President Biden has outlined a comprehensive approach to humanely managing migration throughout North and Central America. In implementing the approach laid out by the President, the United States will be a reliable regional...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jennifer M. Cuffman, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, has admitted to her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), incoming Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about the confirmation of Alejandro N. Mayorkas to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. In his remarks, Peters’ highlighted Mayorkas’ experience and qualifications, which are especially needed given the number of serious national security threats our nation currently faces.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Gilbert Gallegos, 44, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court on Jan. 29 to production and possession of child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) called on President Joe Biden to repeal the Trump administration’s so-called Navigable Waters Protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Jan. 28, a federal grand jury in Fresno indicted Selma couple Marquis Asaad Hooper, 30, and Natasha Renee Chalk, 37, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremy Crinkey, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for having child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Hadley, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to two bank robberies that occurred in the Southside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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.
