News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man today admitted charges that he sexually abused a minor on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, Feb. 18, 2021-An Agricultural Research Service entomologist has discovered the Nosema ceranae parasite that causes major problems and death in honey bees works by hijacking its host's iron for itself.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JON VICTOR BENSON, 62, of New Milford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to five years of probation and a $5,000 fine for violating federal firearms laws. Benson owned and operated The Freedom Shoppe, a former federally-licensed firearms manufacturer and dealer located in New Milford.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2.8 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Missouri prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS -Harry Hamm, 79, of Chesterfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of access with intent to view child pornography. Hamm appeared, Wednesday, before United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Alpena Community College, Alpena, Michigan, to renovate space on campus to create an advanced manufacturing lab and an updated welding shop. This EDA grant, to be matched with $600,000 in local investment, is expected to retain about 275 jobs, and generate $15 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau’s annual update to the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database adds new data to this interactive global resource on the prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases and deaths in over 200 countries and areas around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A former technology coordinator who worked for Blue Ridge Community School District in Farmer, City, Ill., Joshua Raymer, 45, today waived indictment and pled guilty to a scheme that defrauded the district of approximately $336,276 over two years. Raymer, of Clinton, Ill., entered his guilty plea by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Schanzle-Haskins.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE Tenn. - On February 8, 2021, Lyle Vernon Tarlton, 30, of Telford, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Jesse Alan Tory, 35, of Granite Bay, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: Political Donor Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Lobbying and Campaign Contribution Crimes, Tax Evasion, and Obstruction of Justice.
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL Support to Workers’ Freedom of Association in Vietnam. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007626. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, following recent news reports that the number of migrants crossing the U.S. border has risen to pre-COVID-19 levels, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) urged the Biden Administration to address migration security concerns at the southern border amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Thanks very much, and thanks to everyone for joining the call on fairly short notice. As you probably saw, we issued a very short statement from me just a moment ago, and we wanted to take a moment to offer some context around that statement. And to do so, we have two speakers on this call,...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that deer removal operations, approved through the Fire Island National Seashore White-tailed Deer Management Plan will be implemented during a window of operations from February 19 through March 31, 2021 at the William Floyd Estate, a unit of Fire Island National Seashore located on Long Island, and on NPS-lands on Fire Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony R. Krohn, 37, Edgerton, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 5 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachel A. Honig announced a Newark today man admitted his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy and to using a stolen identity in furtherance of the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Sean Smith, 32, of Onslow County, was sentenced on Feb. 17, 2021, to 198 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine and possessing, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will implement the Las Vegas Metroplex project on Feb. 25, 2021.
