News from January 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE-Wild horses and burros from public rangelands in Western states will be available for adoption or sale at an event managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), on March 5 - 6, 2021, at The Champions Center Expo, 4122 Laybourne Road, Springfield, Ohio.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct several prescribed fires in Mississippi over the next two months. As soon as Friday, Jan. 29, fire crews will start burning areas that they have prepared over the winter months. During prescribed fire operations, smoke warning signs will be placed along the Parkway as a precaution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against members of a drug trafficking organization, charging them with fentanyl trafficking and other related offenses, United States Attorney McGregor Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Two Lumberton men were sentenced for gun and drug crimes. James Floyd received a sentence of 72 months’ imprisonment and Jerrick Floyd received a sentence of 90 months’ imprisonment.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Today, President Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking the Jan. 23, 2017 Presidential Memorandum on the Mexico City Policy. Pursuant to President Biden’s memorandum, the previous administration’s Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy has also been rescinded.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: Today, President Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking the Jan. 23, 2017 Presidential Memorandum on the Mexico City Policy. Pursuant to President Biden’s memorandum, the previous administration’s Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy has also been rescinded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the Pamunkey Regional Jail in Hanover, Virginia pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 13 months in jail on his conviction of failure to register under SORNA, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: We are closely following the Guatemalan Congress’ attempt to appoint an individual with serious allegations against him as constitutional court magistrate. This includes allegations of conspiracy to obstruct justice and evidence of past engagement with Gustavo Alejos, whom the Department previously publicly...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: or Jo Holt at 906-483-3038 (jo_holt@nps.gov).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - A federal judge today sentenced Joelyn DeCosta, 48, of Honolulu, Hawaii, to two years of probation and a $5000 fine for willfully and maliciously interfering with the working and use of a communication system operated and controlled by the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1362.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Claude Goines has been sentenced to prison for running a fake credit card and ID lab. Goines operated a carding lab where he manufactured fraudulent credit cards and driver's licenses while he was on a work release program related to an earlier fraud conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID HU, a managing partner and the chief investment officer of the New York-based investment advisory firm International Investment Group (“IIG"), pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Carrots, while in the ground, are home to a community of microorganisms, some members of which wage a kind of battle for supremacy against others that cause plant disease and costly losses to farmers who grow the vegetable.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: We all know that securing the homeland is a monumental task. It takes manpower, skill, and training. It takes infrastructure and cutting-edge tools. It takes collaboration and innovation. And, you know what else it takes? Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of an Olathe, Kansas, clinic that treats opioid addiction has been indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Emotet Botnet Disrupted in International Cyber Operation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office’s report on the Federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down sentences ranging from 120 to 144 months in prison, to three individuals for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: For bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence.
