News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota and its federal law enforcement partners, including the FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals and Homeland Security Investigations, will devote all our resources to protect public safety throughout the State of Minnesota in the coming days. Federal law enforcement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Defendants Agree to Pay Over $1.6 Million in Penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The Eastern District of Texas has taken another significant step in promoting justice, fairness, and transparency in the areas of corporate and white-collar enforcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the nomination by President-elect Biden of Appropriations Committee Staff Director and Clerk Shalanda Young as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former government contractor was sentenced today for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme where he paid bribes to secure U.S. Army contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man, Gilbert Cole, 45, was sentenced on Friday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to 144 months in federal prison, for cocaine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores today announced the hiring of retired Tulsa Police Lieutenant Chris Witt as Law Enforcement Coordinator (LEC) for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In his position, Witt will act as a liaison between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and local, state, tribal and federal law enforcement...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Beaver, Pennsylvania, woman with a.22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 14.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
Release: The government of Kenya has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Coriander for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS shares draft ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today requested the IRS investigate whether tax-exempt organizations were directly involved in planning or inciting the Capitol insurrection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Clinton man and Fitchburg man were arrested yesterday and charged in connection with their involvement in an employment tax and mail fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Juan Garcia-Maldonado, age 47, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by three years of supervised release on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Uxbridge doctor was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2020 in connection with her role in a scheme to prescribe Adderall to individuals without a legitimate medical purpose.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, AK-Alaska's National Parks are inviting comment on proposed changes to parks’ Compendiums. The Compendium is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions adopted under discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. The Compendium, as part of the park-related regulations, helps provide for the use, enjoyment and protection of Alaska's National Parks.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
Release: The government of Jordan has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and white marrow (Cucurbita pepo) for consumption into the continental United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Karen Owens, 55, of Phelps, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Owens was also ordered to pay $607,672.71 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the full Democratic rosters for each of the six subcommittees in the 117th Congress, including the six subcommittee chairs and the full Committee vice chair, who were elected by the Democrats on the Committee. The six subcommittees and their chairs are...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the deregulation of a cotton variety, designated as MON 88702, developed by the Monsanto Company (Monsanto) using genetic engineering for resistance to certain insects, primarily tarnished plant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested Thursday on a federal arson charge for allegedly setting fire to a local retail business.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) blasted Oversight Democrats for pushing two dozen transportation and hospitality businesses to act as law enforcement by helping to identify and prevent violent attacks in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.
