News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE LYNN GSCHLECHT, formerly known as RICHARD GSCHLECHT, 51, last residing in New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly distributing videos and images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: NORFOLK, Va.-Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a gun from getting through the checkpoint on Sunday, Jan. 10. The 9mm handgun was loaded with eight bullets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: A recent award of federal funds will enhance the efforts of the South Texas Officers and Prosecutors (STOP) Human Trafficking Task Force, a coalition of prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in San Antonio committed to fighting the evils of human trafficking. This announcement from U.S. Attorney Gregg...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RAYTHEON TECHONLOGIES CORPORATION (“RTC") and its subsidiary, HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION (“HSC"), have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the government in which they will pay $515,6235 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY20 IRF: Advocacy to Preserve Cultural Heritage in Africa. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007534. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock sentenced defendant Jerald Sells, 62, to 40 years imprisonment after a federal jury found him guilty at trial in September 2020 on charges in a child exploitation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Burlington, Ky. woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Dayton today to aiding and abetting her daughter in intimidating a witness after the murder of her ex-son-in-law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Patient Recruiter Convicted in $2.8 Million Telemedicine Scheme Against Medicare.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is accepting comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) that addresses the environmental impacts of releasing Asian leaf beetle (Lilioceris egena) to manage air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera). After careful ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - On Friday, the former Procurement Director for Broward Health appeared in Ft. Lauderdale federal court to face charges accusing him of awarding lucrative government contracts to vendors in exchange for bribes and of trying to conceal his crimes by directing the bribe money to various bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr. has announced his resignation, effective midnight, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Following his resignation, he will enter the private practice of law in Lexington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Houston man has been sent to prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million following his convictions on five separate counts of sex trafficking involving adults and minors, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Codi Dannell Bates, age 34, of Gravette, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 32 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by three years...
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The State Department has announced its intent to designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) beginning on January 19th. The Houthis have committed horrifying acts of violence, including rampant human rights violations, kidnappings, missile and drone strikes, and threats...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Jan. 11, 2021. SAN DIEGO - U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer issued the following statement: On January 6, 2021, a mob attacked the United States Capitol. This was a shameful and reprehensible affront to our democracy, and I condemn it in the strongest...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Anthony Toler, of Cleveland, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of the Orange Unified School District was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, specifically sending image and video files of explicit sexual conduct involving young children via the Kik instant messaging application.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) made the following announcements of Appropriations Committee Clerks for the 117th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Moab, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country District will host an online Customer Service Week, Monday, February 1 through Friday, February 5, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mountain Time on the online meeting platform, Zoom. There is no cost to attend any of the sessions.
