News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On Wednesday, January 6th, federal agents arrested a woman for her role in a lottery fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector-In-Charge, Houston Division, Adrian Gonzalez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Each year, the United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Missouri observes Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (LEAD) and this year is no different. On January 9, 2021, the staff will continue celebrating and honoring our brave men and women who work tirelessly to keep our communities safe.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $16 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Illinois, Oregon and South Carolina. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Matthew Riffle, age 30, of Rupert, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for the felony offense of breaking into a United States Post Office. Riffle pled guilty on Sept. 25, 2020 and has been in federal custody since June 30...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Thirteen Charged in Federal Court Following Riot at the United States Capitol.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 204,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas was arrested today in Bentonville, Arkansas on multiple criminal charges related to his alleged unlawful activities earlier this week at the U.S. Capitol Building where he was photographed with his feet up on a desk in the Speaker of the House of Representatives’ office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- A Florida medical doctor pleaded guilty today in Miami federal court to conspiring to falsify clinical trial data relating to an asthma medication.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Opioid abuse remains a critical public health crisis and a threat to security across the United States. Not only does this epidemic affect families and communities, but it also has real implications for first responders and medical professionals who face the fallout every day. With them...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mundo Charles Barela, 19, of Mescalero, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Jan. 6 in federal court to voluntary manslaughter in Indian country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay over $130 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Fraud Case.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $422,500 civil penalty against Sky Lease I, Inc., of Miami, Fla., for allegedly operating two Boeing 747 airplanes on dozens of flights without required avionics equipment.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Organic Fruit Markets LLC violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) by failing to pay a reparation award in the amount of $19,231 in September 2020. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for supervising a large-scale wire fraud conspiracy that exposed victims to more than $2 million in losses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: FARGO - The United States Attorney’s Office, North Dakota, announced that Canadian authorities extradited two alleged members of an international fentanyl trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: CONCORD: The events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. were deeply disturbing for all Americans. The attack on the U.S. Capitol struck at the very foundation of our Democracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Landlords and tenants in the Western District of Pennsylvania are advised that the federal order issued by the Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") temporarily halting residential evictions of covered persons for nonpayment of rent has been extended to Jan. 31, 2021, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in Federal Court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan has sentenced Sandro Cuevas, Jr., 25, from Selma, North Carolina, to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Youth Arts in the Parks (YAP) 2021 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest online entry window is now open, January 2 - February 8, 2021! Local students can celebrate their creativity and love of nature through this annual art contest and spring exhibit. This year’s contest...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) said that Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol demonstrated once again that local...
