News from January 2021
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Autauga, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and Wilcox 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 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 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) released the following statement announcing an Appropriations Committee review of the law enforcement response to yesterday’s coup attempt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: A drug user who possessed firearms and ammunition was sentenced on January 5, 2021, to four years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANDREI TYURIN, a/k/a “Andrei Tiurin," was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 144 months in prison for computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Bangladeshi National Sentenced for Conspiracy to Bring Aliens to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on January 5, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Omaha, Neb. - Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail has released its 2020 Annual Report. The report documents a year of partnerships and projects with the common goal of commemorating and protecting the 4,900 mile historic route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Pacific.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: “Thank a Law Enforcement Officer". Spokane - William D. Hyslop, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that this Saturday, January 9th, 2021, is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. This day was established to thank and show support to our local law enforcement officers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Birmingham man today pleaded guilty to making unapproved drug products in his kitchen and warehouse, and marketing and selling them as a cancer treatment, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations, Miami Field Office Special Agent in Charge Justin C. Fielder.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette named John Hairston as Administrator and CEO of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Hairston has served as Acting Administrator and CEO since September 2020 and has dedicated the last 29 years to service at BPA in various positions. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man has been sentenced today after he attempted to send obscene material to an individual he believed was a 14-year-old girl, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Service is requesting information that could assist in the capture of Terrance Sharell Taylor who is wanted for First Degree Murder in Covington, TN.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - "I strongly condemn the assault on democracy that unfolded before our eyes yesterday at the very heart of the Nation’s capital. I’ve devoted much of my professional life-both as a uniformed servicemember and prosecutor-to protecting and defending the rule of law, our institutions...
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 on the domestic terrorism attack on the U.S. Capitol yesterday...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tucson Field Office will construct a permanent fence near the San Pedro House located in the BLM-administered San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Sierra Vista along Highway 90. The work will occur where a temporary fence was previously...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park passes are now available electronically on recreation.gov at no additional cost. These digital passes can be purchased on a computer or mobile device, either from home or en route to the park. Once purchased, digital passes must be printed or saved on your mobile device prior to use, as there is limited or non-existent Wi-Fi and cell service in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Wendy A. Eckert, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Eckert to 17 years, six months in the Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal system. Eckert was also sentenced to a 10-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago businessman has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $420,000 in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
