News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the unsealing of an indictment that charges Brandon Rankin, 26, Madison, Wisconsin, with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment was returned on February 10 by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated six Pennsylvania counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Two women pleaded guilty today in connection with a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: MIAMI - Today, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched a new 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 violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - In a complaint filed Feb. 23, 2021, by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, the government alleges Elizabeth Dembo unlawfully dispensed controlled substances to patients during her time as the pharmacist-in-charge of Olive Street Pharmacy, LLC. The retail pharmacy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that 37 people have been federally indicted as part of OCDETF Operation Say Uncle. OCDETF stands for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, which is a “keystone of the Attorney General’s strategy to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics throughout ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Multiple Kilograms of Pills Seized During Execution of Search Warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Maysville, Kentucky man, Harry Elza Gilbert, 60, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves, for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held a hearing on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to discuss the need for substantive reforms to improve the Postal Service’s fiscal sustainability and service to the American people. Republicans repeatedly called for Democrats to cease their partisan and unsubstantiated rhetoric about the Postal Service and encouraged their colleagues across the aisle to work with them on reasonable reforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Canadian National Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Two Defendants Await Trial; Over $3.2 Million in Illicit Proceeds Forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Jay Jackson, age 61, formerly of Hershey, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to eleven years’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, on...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte has indicted Michael A. Kennedy, 55, of Charlotte, on conspiracy and honest services wire fraud charges, for his role in an extensive bribery and kickback scheme that defrauded his employer, Cargill, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Greensboro, NC - Guilford Courthouse National Military Park will reopen on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The park was impacted by ice storms on February 13 and Feb. 18, 2021. On Feb. 19, 2021, a type 4 Incident Management Team began work clearing the downed and damaged trees within the park. The...
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 USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to classify Canada as Level One for bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. This proposed recognition is based on evaluations we have prepared in connection with this action, which we are making ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Today the United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched a new 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: A Parma Heights man has been charged in federal court for selling fentanyl to a Middleburgh Heights man that resulted in a fatal overdose. Marcus L. Sanders, age 23, of Parma Heights, was charged in a superseding five-count indictment with distribution of fentanyl, with a sentencing enhancement alleging...
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: Three years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a stark warning to the global community, concluding that many of the catastrophic impacts previously associated with two degrees Celsius of warming may occur much earlier, at only 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Final Defendant Sentenced in $7 Billion Investment Fraud Scheme.
