News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason Dunn announced that Curtis Arganbright, 43, a former Westminster Police Department (WPD) officer, was sentenced today in federal court in Denver, Colorado, to six years (72 months) in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In addition...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District, Caliente Field Office on or about February 5, 2021 will begin gathering excess wild horses from in and around the Silver King Herd Management Area (HMA) located near Pioche, Nev. The BLM will gather up to 283 excess wild horses and remove up to 258 excess horses. The BLM will treat up to 25 mares with the fertility control vaccine GonaCon-Equine and release them back into the HMA.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: QUESTION: We see the Russian people are out and protesting against Vladimir Putin. There have been many arrests, thousands braving these sub-freezing temperatures. Alexei Navalny’s wife was detained protesting against his arrest and, of course, previously his poisoning by Russian authorities.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Incoming Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the framework proposed by 10 Republican senators...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: PITTSBURGH - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the main security checkpoint and the alternative checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Myanmar military’s seizure of power from its civilian-run government in a coup:
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Central Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District has started implementing a series of annual wildlife closures to protect several birds of prey species during sensitive nesting periods. Harassment by humans - unintentional or deliberate - is a leading cause of nest failure or abandonment.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the terrorist attacks this past weekend in Azaz, al-Bab, and Afrin that resulted in the deaths of at least 20 civilians, including children. We extend our sincere condolences to the families of civilians killed and wish a quick recovery to those wounded in these despicable and senseless acts of violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the Ranking Members of the panel’s six subcommittees for the 117th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Reps. Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Tom Reed (NY-23), Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Colin Allred (TX-32) and Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) today announced reintroduction of the USPS Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation to provide the United States Postal Service (USPS) much-needed financial relief by ending the agency’s burdensome prefunding mandate on future retiree health benefits.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: QUESTION: We see the Russian people are out and protesting against Vladimir Putin. There have been many arrests, thousands braving these sub-freezing temperatures. Alexei Navalny’s wife was detained protesting against his arrest and, of course, previously his poisoning by Russian authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Joshua Hardesty, of Rivesville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: INDIANAPOLIS -Transportation Security Administration officers at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) stopped two loaded handguns in separate and unrelated incidents on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso Feb. 1, 2021 Read the Full Op-Ed Here: USA Today Excerpts from the op-ed: Last Congress, Senate Democrats and Republicans proved we can work together on several issues - including protecting our environment. As chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a commercial and residential construction business in Dracut was charged on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 with an income diversion and payroll tax scheme resulting in a tax loss that exceeded $1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Dublin, Ohio woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Julio Gonzalez (45, Lakeland) with four counts of theft of public money and two counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, Gonzalez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY. - Robert Alan Thompson, 34, of Hodgenville, Kentucky, was sentenced by United States District Judge David J. Hale on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2021, to 15 years in prison followed by a 15-year term of Supervised Release for online enticement of a minor and production of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An elected Missouri state representative has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a supposed stem cell treatment marketed through her clinics in southern Missouri, and for illegally providing prescription drugs to clients of those clinics.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A former natural gas trader pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit commodities fraud and wire fraud for his role in an insider trading scheme.