News from January 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - District managers have been hired for the Upper Colorado River and Northwest districts after a successful realignment of BLM Colorado’s district and fire unit boundaries to improve safety and efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Missoula man who admitted illegally possessing a gun after having been convicted of a felony was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
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 U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - Acting United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler provides the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Ground-Breaking Crime-Fighting Initiatives Reduced Crime, Protected Communities, Helped Victims, and Upheld Rule of Law; Record-Setting Results While Saving Taxpayers $1.4 Million in Just 3 Years.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) released the following statement on the death of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was injured in yesterday’s violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Virginia - Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and FBI Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey jointly announced today their condemnation of violence during yesterday’s events in Washington D.C. and request information regarding individuals involved in potential criminal acts of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Wesley Allan Hahn, age 37, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault With A Dangerous Weapon With Intent To Do Bodily Harm In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151, and 1153, punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
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: U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank Statement on Violence at U.S. Capital.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: FBI arrests both men, seizing more than $10 million in securities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey joins Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen and other U.S. Attorneys in the continued commitment to protect the Constitution and uphold the Rule of Law under all circumstances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: The man who sold the AR-15 used to gun down 32 people in Midland and Odessa, Texas has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the following statement on the resignation of Elaine Chao as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - “Whether vandalizing our nation’s most sacred secular structure or looting neighborhood businesses, there is a line that, when crossed, First Amendment protected protest becomes criminal conduct," said United States Attorney Russell Coleman. “Such violence has no place on Capitol Hill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Troy Cote, 52, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to fentanyl trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
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 $3.5 million grant to the Carneys Point Township Sewer Authority, Carneys Point, New Jersey, to make sanitary sewer service infrastructure improvements needed...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- A former accountant who assisted in a scam involving valuable artwork and a Swiss bank account has been charged in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain a Small Business Administration (“SBA") loan.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three New Jersey counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties who suffered losses caused by high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Isaias that occurred from Aug. 3 through Aug. 4, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
