News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Resignation to be effective Feb. 28, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Javonta Hill, 19, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, and a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CANTON, OH - Three stories above ground, five workers moved unsteadily atop a Canton apartment building, all of them at risk of a serious or fatal fall because, once again, their employer failed to ensure they used required safety equipment to protect them from falling. Ivan Lowky - their employer - was also working on the roof without necessary fall protection despite having the equipment available.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - An ongoing federal criminal investigation into the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings has resulted in charges against four new defendants, three of whom are alleged to have embezzled a total of more than $23 million from the Chicago bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Two Norfolk men pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a scheme to purchase alcohol for resale from Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) stores with stolen credit, debit, and pre-paid gift card numbers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: On Feb. 12, the United States Park Police (USPP) San Francisco Field Office's Criminal Investigations Unit served a search and arrest warrant in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood. A San Francisco man was arrested and charged with the January 26 burglary of the Cliff House.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Miami federal judge has sentenced a wholesale pharmaceutical business owner to 103 months imprisonment for his role in a scheme to pass off expensive and delicate prescription medications illegally procured on the streets as ones that came directly from legitimate prescription drug...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today it has published the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Integrity Library and Epsilon Algorithm Suite to protect against Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing, or deceiving...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Former U.S. Postal Service employees are among eleven individuals charged with conspiring to steal credit cards and other financial instruments from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Javonta Hill, 19, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, and a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today exposed the cost, corruption, and liberal wish-list contained in the Pelosi Payoff to Progressives Act during House consideration of the $1.9 trillion bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, N.C. - Today, U.S. Attorney Matt Martin, on behalf of the United States Attorney’s Office and other federal law enforcement agencies in the Middle District of North Carolina, presented an award for support of law enforcement and the rule of law to Mark Sink, Chief of the Lexington Police Department.
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jordan Sowersby, 25, of Painted Post, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $1,047,535 seized from a money mule bank account being used to defraud a Virgin Islands business via a business email compromise scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: MACON, GA: Twelve defendants have been charged in a newly unsealed federal indictment alleging a middle Georgia drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - As requested by the Biden Administration of all presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorneys, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, is resigning his position, effective February 28. McAllister sent his resignation letter to the President earlier this week...
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Very good to see everyone, and very nice to be back in your room.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 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), issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration dramatically increasing the social cost of carbon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Adam Brent Branton, age 39, of Burlington, to 262 months in prison for Distribution of 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and 120 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm...