News published on Federal Newswire in January 2021

News from January 2021


Notice published by Energy Department on Jan. 6

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Federal Reserve System on Jan. 6

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on Jan. 6

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Jan. 6 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chinese Researcher Sentenced for Making False Statements to Federal Agents

News Release: Defendant stole vials of biological research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and attempted to take them aboard a flight to China.


SUSPECT IN STRING OF ROBBERIES SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT

News Release: TAYLOR ROSS WARDELL, 29, of Cheyenne, was sentenced today by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson to eighty-four months in federal prison for a series of robberies committed in Cheyenne and Laramie in 2019.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, RAMON DOMINQUEZ, 46, currently incarcerated in an Oklahoma prison, and STEPHANIE SOLIZ, 46, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy involving methamphetamine and heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.


Eleven Meth, Cocaine Traffickers Charged in Amarillo

News Release: Eleven alleged drug traffickers have been arrested and charged in Amarillo, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


Lincoln County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Lenville Jason Porter, 36, of Lincoln County, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigative work of the West Hamlin Police Department, notably Lt. J.J.


Hampshire County man admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jamie Lee Sirbaugh, of Springfield, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Convicted Felons Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: MONROE, La. - Two Monroe, Louisiana men have been sentenced by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty in connection with two separate arrests, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today.


Pittsburgh Felon Charged with Possession of a Destructive Device after Throwing a Homemade Explosive from a Moving Vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville Neighborhood

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man has been charged federally with illegal possession of an unregistered destructive device and being a felon in possession of a destructive device after throwing an incendiary device from a moving vehicle on Jan. 3, 2021 in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, United States Attorney Scott Brady announced today.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Katrin Verclas, age 52, a native and citizen of Germany residing in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today in Maryland to federal charges of obstruction of a federal audit and causing a financial institution to fail to file a suspicious activity report (SAR), related to more than $1.2 million in U.S. State Department grant funds awarded to a corporation that Verclas controlled.


Free Snowshoe Rentals Available at the National Park’s Douglas Center

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: The Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education, located in Indianan Dunes National Park, has snowshoes available for free checkout every day from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm when there is at least a two-inch snow base. Snowshoe sizes are available for kids and adults alike.


New Jersey Man Sentenced for Cyberstalking, Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A New Jersey man who befriended three Rhode Island minor females and a fourth in Indiana on social media, persuading them to send him sexually explicit photographs of themselves, and then cyberstalked and threatened to share some of the photographs if they refused to continue to communicate with him, was sentenced on Tuesday to more than seven years in federal prison.


Three Inmates Sentenced for their Role in Two Separate Incidents at FCC Pollock

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that three inmates who were housed at the Federal Correctional Complex in Pollock, Louisiana, have been sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell for their involvement in illegal incidents that took place at the complex.


Household Pulse Survey Phase 3 Biweekly Data Release Extended

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today launched an extension of the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey with a slightly revised questionnaire that includes questions about intent to vaccinate. Questions related to stimulus payments have also been resumed. The Household Pulse Survey is the result...


Fee Free Days

News Release: Badlands National Park will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2021. The fee-free days are part of the Department of Interior’s commitment to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor facilities and conserve natural and historical treasures in national parks for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people. The six entrance fee-free days for 2021 will be.


News Release: Used two ‘Molotov cocktails’ in arson attack on Seattle Police patrol cars.


News Release: MONROE, La. - Two Monroe, Louisiana men have been sentenced by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty in connection with two separate arrests, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today.