News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: One of the leaders of a conspiracy that imported large amounts of cocaine and marijuana into Georgia has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) completed the first phase of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), focused on 10.8 million acres of public lands in the desert regions of seven California counties - Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Indictment Expands 2018 Case that Detailed Attack on Sony Pictures and Creation of WannaCry Ransomware by Adding 2 New Defendants and Recent Schemes to Steal Money and Cryptocurrency from Banks and Businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, "Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems:"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Republican Subcommittee Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Feb. 16, 2021, Aaron Johnson, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 132 months’ imprisonment followed by five years on supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, for armed bank robbery.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Republican Subcommittee Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to federal prison today for possessing a stolen firearm, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced Bijan (BJ) Koohmaraie will add Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to his current portfolio.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced Bijan (BJ) Koohmaraie will add Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to his current portfolio.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Dear President Biden: We write to urge you to resubmit the previously proposed rule regarding Confucius Institute reporting without delay. Addressing the generational threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a preeminent national security concern for the United States. As you recently stated,...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that John Joseph Krasley, 52, of Kutztown, PA, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $30,000 total in restitution to certain victims by United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith for receiving, accessing, transporting, and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Dravion Sanchez Ware, who shot a woman in the back at point-blank range as she trembled on the floor during one of his robberies, has been sentenced to life in federal prison for the robberies of nine Asian owned-and-operated businesses in Atlanta, Doraville, Duluth, Roswell, Stone Mountain, and Norcross between October and November 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) federal agents have seized approximately 11 million counterfeit 3M N95 respirator masks in recent weeks, the result of ongoing collaboration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and manufacturer 3M to prevent counterfeit masks from reaching hospital workers and first responders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Liliana Moreno, a Spanish translator hired as a contractor by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in a drug trafficking investigation, appeared today in United States District Court to face federal charges that she intentionally disclosed the investigation and its court-ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Three North Korean Military Hackers Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks and Financial Crimes Across the Globe.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 12:30 p.m. (EST) entitled “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Republican Subcommittee Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Darrell Lowers, 39, of New York, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
