News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Lebanon, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court in Dayton to 53 months in prison for creating obscene material from the images of a minor’s face and adult pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s announcement that it will move forward with publishing the regulatory determination for PFOA and PFOS in the Federal Register. This announcement comes days after Ranking Member Capito sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain regarding this very issue.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, John, thank you very, very much, and hello, everybody. It is wonderful to be with you virtually, and hopefully at some point soon in person. But thanks so much to our Charge D’affaires John Creamer - John, for your leadership and for that very kind introduction. I want to say...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Yolanda Herrera (43, Rex, GA) to 22 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Brunswick woman who continued to receive her grandmother’s Social Security payments for 18 years after the relative’s death has been sentenced in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - On Feb. 19, 2021, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. sentenced Michael Lawrence Feith, 34, of Asheville, to 84 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Feith was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Donnie Smith, 41, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 12 years and three months in prison, and five years of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois for Hobbs Act robbery, carrying...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the City of Gatlinburg maintenance crews are partnering to pick up litter along the Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on Tuesday, February 23. In order to safely perform the roadside cleanup, single-lane closures will be implemented to protect maintenance workers along the busy roadway. Motorists should expect delays.
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: As part of an ongoing investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and related violence in Bridgeport, a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging eight Bridgeport gang members with conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, including drug trafficking and multiple attempted murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man today admitted traveling to the Philippines to engage in sex with a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Nathaniel Barber has been sentenced to prison for trying to leave the country with a cell phone and a tablet containing more than 100 files of child pornography. Barber belonged to an online group that shared videos and photographs of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Washington - As African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to spread among pigs throughout parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, the U.S Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is helping the scientific community and government decision makers get ahead of this devastating...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michelle Jensen, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Feb. 19, 2021 by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for Conspiracy to Distribute 5 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Jensen received a sentence of 72 months with a four-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Civil Society in Ukraine. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007613. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Edison Denizard (41, Orlando) to four years and nine months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of Denizard’s sentence, the court also ordered him to forfeit the real property located at 7617...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated Kent County, Delaware, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive rain from Aug. 1 through Sept. 1, 2020, may be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Brandon Quane Hudson, 36, of Macon, Georgia, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Donnie Smith, 41, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 12 years and three months in prison, and five years of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois for Hobbs Act robbery, carrying ...
