News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Federal Charges Against Stanford University Researcher Expanded.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Ferris Valentine, age 54, of Omaha, Nebraska was found guilty of two counts of Bank Robbery as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Feb. 18, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
Release: MIAMI - The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) team at Miami International Airport (MIA) demonstrated the latest state-of-the-art technology for three members of Congress this week. The equipment illustrates the agency’s enduring effort to enhance security, while creating as touchless a checkpoint experience as possible during the pandemic.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks issued the following statement in response to developments in the Republic of Georgia...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - The United States filed a civil complaint seeking to permanently enjoin the owners of a Tampa-area clinic and pharmacy from unlawfully dispensing opioids and other controlled substances, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Mary Lavine, 65, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and to filing a false 2018 corporate income tax return for her business Bullseye, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Razeek Carwheel, age 39, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 17, 2021, with possession of a firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kathy A. Michalko, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS"), and New York Police Department (“NYPD") Commissioner Dermot Shea, announced the arrest today of TRACII...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “The Path Forward on COVID-19 Immunizations" on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Buffalo, New York man was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for his alleged participation in a scheme to defraud multiple financial institutions by filing bank loan applications that fraudulently sought forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the capture of a Belton Missouri homicide suspect in Grain Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Birmingham man pleaded guilty today to fraud on customers of the U.S. Postal Service, and fraud on the memorial fund set up to provide aid to the family of a fallen Huntsville Police officer, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, U.S. Postal Inspector In Charge, Houston Division, Adrian Gonzalez, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated efforts to minimize Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer and traveler interaction during airport screening while maintaining the same level of security. Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate...
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
Release: Wolfgang - thank you very, very much. Thank you for the great introduction. Thank you for importantly making sure that climate change is front and center at the Munich Security Conference, which is exactly where it belongs today. Climate change, as we just heard from Jens Stoltenberg, is a security issue - and the fact is - it’s among the most complex security issues we’ve ever faced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Repeatedly lied to federal investigators about work for King County Drainage District.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: SENTENCING - ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. On Feb. 18, Alexander Campbell, 30, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. In September, a co-conspirator contacted Campbell to setup a purchase of methamphetamine for a buyer. Campbell...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: A Youngstown man with prior convictions for drug trafficking, possession of heroin and assault on a peace officer was charged in a seven-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Cleveland today. Raphael Ortiz, age 40, was charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, distribution of fentanyl, using and maintaining a drug premise, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and as a felon in possession of firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: Road Closure/Detour Alert: The Kelso Dunes Road will be closed for a restabilizing and re-grading project from February 22 to March 8. The road needs significant repair, and the project will improve both safety and access. During this time, access to the Kelso Dunes trailhead will be available via...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who was dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force was sentenced today to seven years in prison for receiving images of child sexual abuse and failing to maintain his sex offender registration as required.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now overseeing worker retaliation complaints filed under two new whistleblower statutes - the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
