News from February 2021
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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NEIL QUATRANO, and his business, BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and will pay more than $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, KEVIN VIGIL JR., 29, of Oklahoma City, and a member of the Southside Locos gang currently incarcerated in state prison, was sentenced to serve an additional 250 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - From Fort Monroe and Camp Nelson to Pullman, Tuskegee and Selma, centuries of the African American experience are woven throughout America’s national parks. The National Park Service invites you to join us in honoring the contributions and struggles of African Americans by drawing inspiration and lessons from the places where history happened.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that a grand jury sitting in Cleveland, Ohio returned an eleven-count indictment charging Samir Wahib, age 53, of Canfield, and Joni Canby, age 62, of Poland, for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid and obtain reimbursement for testing that was not medically necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Tyler, Texas attorney pleaded guilty today to federal employment tax violations announced Eastern District of Texas Acting United States Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - Work to replace the boat ramp and floating dock at Spring Recreation Campground near Huntington, Ore., began today, the Bureau of Land Management Vale District announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee held its organizational meeting for the 117th Congress and selected Subcommittee Chairs and the Committee’s Vice Chair...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Julio M. Gomez, 53, of Blanchard, Oklahoma, was sentenced today by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 37 months (3 years, 1 day) in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for sexual abuse of a minor. Gomez was also ordered to pay $29,900 in restitution to the victim and a fine of $10,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Tacoma, Washington - A 51-year-old Lakewood, Washington, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to aiding in preparation and presentation of false tax returns for his multi-year fraudulent tax preparation scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. REED, Jr., created “Just Us Tax...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Patrick A. Groves, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration officers at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) stopped a loaded handgun from getting through the checkpoint on Sunday, Jan. 31.
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: ATLANTA - Kurt R. Erskine has been named Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia effective Feb. 1, 2021, by virtue of the Vacancies Reform Act. Bobby L. Christine resigned as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, but remains the Presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul released the below statement following the recent events in Burma. Lead Republican McCaul cosponsored the BURMA Act in the 116th Congress to impose sanctions on the Tatmadaw, in addition to authorizing humanitarian aid and pushing for a genocide determination.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Bismarck - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced, on Feb. 1, 2021, United States Magistrate Judge Clare Hochhalter sentenced Larry Gene Childers, Jr., age 52 of Seaford, VA, on an offense of Unlawful Transport of Wildlife in Foreign Commerce (Lacey Act Violation), to two years probation and...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is federalizing the Wilmington-New Castle Airport as Frontier Airlines plans to restart scheduled commercial service to and from Orlando International Airport beginning Feb. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Hawaiʻi National Park, HAWAIʻI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans for February 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that John A. Duncan, age 37, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 221 months’ imprisonment for receipt and distribution of child pornography by Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon. There is no parole in the federal system. After his...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: An Arlington, Texas man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the exploitation of children and related child pornography crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
