News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man arrested by members of the FBI Safe Street Task Force on federal drug trafficking and firearm charges while he was serving a term of state probation for illegally possessing a firearm in an unrelated matter has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island man who owns and operates, among other businesses, an auto sales and salvage company was arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Providence on charges he allegedly filed false export information with the United States Department of Commerce and smuggled nineteen vehicles from the United States to Lebanon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corvalis Stewart, 33, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. Chief District Judge James D. Peterson to 2 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearm. This prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Stewart pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 12, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Spokane, Washington, woman suspected of being a longtime methamphetamine dealer in and around the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation today admitted trafficking charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Examining Equity in Transportation Safety Enforcement":
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 40-year-old Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer is set to appear in federal court on charges of conspiring to transport an illegal alien and making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched a new comprehensive law enforcement and prevention initiative through the DEA Washington Division, aimed at reducing drug use, abuse, and overdose deaths. “Operation Engage" allows participating field divisions to focus on the biggest drug threat and resulting violence in their respective geographic areas.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), questioned the Honorable Debra Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of the interior. Haaland testified before ENR at a hearing on her nomination.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention support initiative aimed at reducing drug use, abuse, and overdose deaths. “Operation Engage" allows participating field divisions to focus on the biggest drug threat in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Giosdeivy Duarte Torresilla, 31, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Lincoln man pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A pharmacy employee was charged for conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County, New Jersey, pharmacy where he worked, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on Feb. 12, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kenneth R. Britt, Jr., 51, of Wesson, Tony Grant Smith, 26, of Wesson, Barney Leon Bairfield, III, 28, of Brookhaven, and Dustin Corey Treadway, 28, of Brookhaven, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David Bramlette for violating federal wildlife laws.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States will seek a seat on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. A statement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul is below.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - Today, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention initiative aimed at reducing drug use, abuse and overdose deaths. “Operation Engage" allows participating field divisions to focus on the biggest drug threat and resulting...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Federal District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason has found Eric Larsen, 51, of Anchorage, guilty of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, coercion and enticement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM TAYLOR, the former chief operating officer of MiMedx Group, Inc. (“MiMedx"), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for orchestrating...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Manuel Perkins, 28, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced David John Ridling (58, Vero Beach) to 15 years in federal prison for devising and executing a fraud scheme that resulted in the loss of more than $40 million. Ridling had pleaded guilty on Oct. 20, 2020.
