News from January 2021
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule to increase transparency and facilitate quicker resolutions of complaints filed by employees...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Carlos G. Diaz, 19, of Victorville, California, was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2021 in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after having pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently updated its to include a section on the United States - Canada Nursery Certification Program (NCP), which is a bilateral export certification program for nursery-grown plants shipped between Canada ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released a new legislative framework for how the Committee will address the role that racism, ableism, and other social, structural, and political determinants have in perpetuating health and economic inequity in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Devin Cory Teter, of Franklin, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jamaican man made his initial appearance today on charges that he smuggled approximately one kilogram of cocaine into the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: The defendant pretended to be her daughter in order to seduce the boy, then convinced him to attempt suicide.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to monitor visitor use patterns in several of the most popular locations in the park in both North Carolina and Tennessee. Volunteers may choose to participate in a variety of opportunities that best align with their interests and preferred locations. Opportunities include recording observations on popular hiking trails, monitoring parking availability, and monitoring traffic flow patterns at busy locations.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee collected a total of $65,969,200.04 in criminal and civil actions during Calendar Year 2020. Of that amount, $1,314,912.06 was collected through civil actions and $64,654,287.98 stemmed from fines and restitution ordered as part of criminal convictions.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Olympic National Park has conservation concerns for wild steelhead and is implementing in-season fishing regulation changes within park waters. Of particular concern is the forecasted low return of Queets River wild steelhead. The 2020-21 forecast for Queets wild steelhead is expected to be well below...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: “Since late Wednesday, my Office has been working around the clock with both the Buffalo and Washington Field Offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to pursue all leads, to gather evidence, and to bring to justice those who committed crimes at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Any suggestion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today Steven McCallister, 47, of Barboursville, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. McCallister received an enhanced penalty because he had a previous federal drug trafficking conviction.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: BOSTON, MA, Jan. 11, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently announced it has taken action against retailers suspected of violating USDA rules for accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County man today admitted illegally possessing a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- A Richlands man, who appeared at a health clinic in June 2020 with severe injuries to his hands and fingers, pleaded guilty today to possessing and manufacturing an unregistered explosive device. Acting United States Attorney Daniel Bubar, David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Lynese Cargill to 21 months in prison and ordered Cargill to make restitution to the victim in the amount of $707,964.35today. The 51-year-old St. Louis County, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in September, to three counts of wire fraud related to her former position as vice president and chief financial officer of Common Ground Public Relations, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Jaelan Sarray Reid, 26, a known Hoover Criminal Gang member and resident of Portland, was sentenced today to 58 months in prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the appointment of Drew Feeley as Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
