News from February 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-WI) reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would help save taxpayer dollars by directing the General Services Administration (GSA) to install the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting in public buildings. The bill previously passed through Committee during the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: The wife of a Dallas man allegedly gunned down by her paramour has been charged with obstruction of justice, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Jymere Alan Pratt, 23, of Charleston, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will begin serving this sentence after he has completed serving sentences on unrelated felony cases from Monongalia and Kanawha counties. Following his release from prison on this case, he will be subject to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Tyson Farrell, 26, of Redding, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden man was arrested today and charged in connection with operating a drug trafficking enterprise, including selling fentanyl, cocaine and cocaine base to an undercover officer on multiple occasions.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: As prepared. Thank you to MEI for inviting me to participate in this important event. You’ve assembled quite an impressive line-up of international CT experts for this conference, with deep experiences and a broad range of background and perspectives. It is a pleasure to participate in this conference...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the nomination of the Honorable Jennifer Granholm to be secretary of energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Zachary Watkins, age 20, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 23, 2021, by a federal grand jury for the receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Victim's murder occurred on the Fort Campbell, Kentucky military installation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Guy Joseph Bass, 29, of Vacaville, charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jennifer M. Granholm was sworn in today as the 16th Secretary of Energy by Vice President Kamala Harris, following a broad bipartisan confirmation vote of 64-35 in the United States Senate. Secretary Granholm is only the second woman to lead the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kenneth Persise, age 32, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 23, 2021, by a federal grand jury for distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that three men from South Louisiana were sentenced today for illegally possessing firearms by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: LYNCHBURG, Va.- A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville has indicted five individuals for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge...
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Michael McCaul, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s mark up of H.R. 1157, the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: LYNCHBURG, Va.- A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville has indicted five individuals for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Workforce Leaders Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Al Stewart requesting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) give businesses and workers the formal opportunity to provide input before ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that, Justin Dewayne Johnson, 30, of El Dorado, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing, in the United States District Court’s El Dorado Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Cape Cod woman was sentenced today in two separate criminal cases for embezzling more than $1.5million from two previous employers.
