News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: The United States stands in solidarity with the people of Burma who came out across the country with courage and determination today to reject the military coup and voice their aspirations for a return to democratic governance, peace, and rule of law. We condemn the security forces’ brutal attacks on...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) teams at both Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International Airports are hiring and looking to fill 100 positions by summer as part of the agency’s push to fill more than 6,000 TSA officer positions nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sean Barrett, 30, of Sanborn, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to delay or destruction of mail. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) today wrote letters to leaders at American Oversight and Accountable US regarding their joint effort, “Campaign Against Corporate Complicity," that aims to blacklist public servants who served in the Trump Administration from future employment. The campaigns are an aggressive effort to discriminate against Republicans for executing the policies of a duly elected president.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States Government, it is my pleasure to congratulate the people of Saint Lucia on the occasion of their 42nd independence day.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Cottonwood, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Cottonwood Field Office has extended the current temporary closure at the Hammer Creek recreation site into mid-March to complete improvements to the boat ramp. Construction at the site began in early January and, when completed, will provide additional access for anglers and recreationists to the Lower Salmon River.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two inmates at U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, have admitted to separate assaults on other inmates, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much, and greetings, Mission Canada. Bonjour, tout le monde. I am so pleased to be with you. Thank you to Charge d’Affaires Katherine Brucker for that very kind introduction, and especially for your leadership. And thanks also to Jennifer Tierney for her hard work as the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: For Wire Fraud. FORT WAYNE - On Jan. 21, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged Katina Miller, the former Trustee of the Bearcreek Township Trustee’s Office located in Bryant, Indiana, with two counts of wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell. On Feb. 2, 2021, Miller pled guilty...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) held its winter meeting virtually the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, to discuss lessons learned from the 2020 election and ways to improve coordination between the federal government and state and local election officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former corporate executive of a construction management company was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a corporate accounting scheme that concealed millions of dollars in debt owed by the company.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX FALLS, Wisconsin: St. Croix National Scenic Riverway plans to burn numerous brush piles in the Riverway corridor from late February through March of 2021. These burns may take place February 23rd - March 31st depending on weather conditions. The National Park Service (NPS) is conducting these...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that he will step down as chief federal law enforcement officer for the District of South Dakota effective Feb. 26, 2021. His resignation was expected and is part of the regular transition of appointed officials from office when a new Administration comes in.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Tyrone Lee Jones (33, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Jones had pleaded guilty on March 4, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Quandale Turk, also known as “Q", 43, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his conviction on federal drug charges. Turk previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with two counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced today for voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country after he shot and killed a woman in Philpott Park on July 10, 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Felipe Hernandez Molina, age 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, after having pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime. Senior United...
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement on the ongoing Houthi assault on Marib.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Levi Ta’shae Goodman (33, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for selling drugs and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking. Goodman had pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2020.
