News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned a federal criminal indictment last week, charging Richard Allen Clark, 55, of Lenoir, North Carolina, with federal offenses arising from his embezzlement of more than $1 million from his former employer, announced Andrew Murray, U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Teresa Miller, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months for a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Recognizing the need to balance high-quality visitor experience with natural resource protection in one of the region’s most popular recreation areas, the Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District will hold a virtual information forum to involve the public in the early stages of a proposed Recreation Area Management Plan for the Calico Basin area.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Vermont to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer at Burlington International Airport (BTV).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced interim guidance, in response to Price v. Barr, regarding the management of filming in park areas. Under the guidance, low-impact filming will be exempt from advance notice and permit requirements, while other filming activities may need a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Total of 22 Bridgeport gang members charged federally in the last year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- Women's Rights National Historical Park and The Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park are pleased to announce the opening of Radical Optimism: The Enduring Power of the Women Who Won the Vote at the Fall Street Visitor Center. The exhibit on the second floor of the museum was commissioned by the Friends as part of the commemoration of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 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 22, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 22, 2021 - U.S. Attorney Don Cochran announced today that he is leaving his post at the end of the month, as requested by the White House and the Department of Justice. Cochran submitted his resignation to the White House last week, effective Feb. 28, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - An Atlanta man born and raised in Savannah who led a drug trafficking organization that transported and distributed cocaine and other drugs into the coastal Georgia area has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Ian J. Dukes, 38, of Georgetown, Ill., was sentenced today to 342 months (28 ½ years) for his role in child sex crimes involving two minors. Chief U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow imposed the sentence which also includes 15 years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation, released the following statement on Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas’ announcement...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Education announced 2020-2021 testing and accountability requirements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) will hold a hearing on her District of Columbia statehood bill (H.R. 51) on March 11, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - A suspect arrested by US park rangers at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in 2017 has been sentenced to six years in state prison by the Shasta County Superior Court. Jesse James King, 42, of Brentwood, the defendant in the case, recently pled guilty to one felony count of theft of a vehicle and two prior strike convictions. This case was prosecuted by the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Cameron Parish company and 12 individuals with illegal harvesting and selling raw oysters in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick has announced he will resign as chief law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) effective midnight Feb. 28.
