News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Robert Robinson Sr., of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced on January 5, 2021, to eight years in federal prison after entering a plea of guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. At the time of his guilty plea on September 8, Robinson already had multiple prior felony...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Gary Dewayne Martin (31, Fort McCoy, FL) has pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered firearm silencer. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.7 million grant to the Buffalo Erie County Industrial Land Development Corporation, Buffalo, New York, to install new water and sewer systems that will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Vaddrick Hatchett and Marreco Robinson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: New Haven - “We encourage people with information related to the activity yesterday at the U.S. Capitol to contact the FBI. If the District of Connecticut is the appropriate venue for the prosecution of individuals involved in that disgraceful and criminal activity, our office will aggressively pursue any such matter.".
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
Release: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as amended (TVPA) requires that the Secretary of State submit a list to Congress of countries that require special scrutiny and to provide an Interim Assessment of the progress made in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) by the countries on that list.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Washington-Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding Secretary Pompeo’s order to establish a State Department Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET)...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed at approximately 1 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021. Closures are scheduled to continue through approximately 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE RESTREPO, also known as “Crack Baby," 39, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine. Judge Meyer also ordered Restrepo to serve the first six months his supervised release in home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKees Rocks, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 144 months’ imprisonment on her convictions of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, conspiracy to distribute heroin, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Another alleged associate of one of the most serious transnational organized criminal organizations will make his initial appearance in U.S. federal court today on charges of distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Robert Robinson Sr., of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced on January 5, 2021, to eight years in federal prison after entering a plea of guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. At the time of his guilty plea on September 8, Robinson already had multiple prior felony ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: For Sex Offenses Against Minors. HAMMOND - Daniel Cooke, 32, of Mendota, Illinois was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 240 months (20 years) in prison followed by a 15-year term of supervised release following his guilty plea to charges that he received and distributed...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Mississippi counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in George, Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River and Perry counties who suffered losses caused by Hurricane Zeta that occurred from October 28 through Oct. 29, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement urging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to use their authorities to add the violent perpetrators involved in the domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol yesterday to the No-Fly List and keep them off planes...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Christopher John Streeter (63, Land O’Lakes) to life in federal prison for sex trafficking of a child under the age of 14. Streeter had pleaded guilty on Oct. 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Wintersville, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to an armed bank robbery charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court on convictions of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - Marc Krickbaum, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, announced he is resigning today. “Serving as United States Attorney has been the privilege of my professional life," Mr. Krickbaum said. “I am grateful to the law enforcement and agencies we serve with, and to the people of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. They have done great things, and they have many more to come.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.2 million grant to Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, to provide technical assistance to accelerate the economic transition to new industries in 18 counties in Appalachian Ohio. The EDA grant will be matched with $550,000 in local funds.
