News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: AMARILLO, TX - Eleven alleged drug traffickers were arrested and charged in Amarillo, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division Eduardo A. Chávez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jacqueline L. Krsul, of Falling Waters, West Virginia, has admitted to cocaine possession, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - Chicago Division and Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 5, 2021, a federal grand jury indicted John D. Whelan (age: 74), a psychiatrist, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Bradenton, FL - The National Park Service continues to closely monitor and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials, park operations continue to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining public access to park trails, open space, shoreline, and restrooms.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today received bids covering 552,802 acres at the first oil and gas lease sale for the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), furthering the Trump Administration’s goal of securing greater American energy independence and national economic prosperity. BLM Alaska received 13 bids totaling $14,412,458 and opened them during the video livestream event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that Errick Toa, age 31 of Fargo, ND, originally from California, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Court, Fargo, ND, for the charge of Civil Disorder, 18 USC 231 (a)(3), during the riots in Fargo, ND.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Eugene Enrique Torres, 41, a Panamanian man residing in Fayetteville, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor. Torres was also sentenced to a term of supervised release of 20 years and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Michael Don Robertson, 68, a former Anchorage psychiatrist, was sentenced on January 6, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 12 months home confinement and five years of probation for conspiracy to commit controlled substance fraud and one count of health care fraud. Robertson knowingly and intentionally distributed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Jason Gusoff, 45 years old, of Richboro, PA was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones, II, to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $105,486 in restitution for conspiring to destroy his business by arson in order to collect insurance proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: A former pre-school teacher pleaded guilty today to distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By State Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, fifty-three people were arrested in Hong Kong under the dystopian national security law forced upon the formerly autonomous territory by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Below is House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican and China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul’s statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dannielle L. Young, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Darnell Verner, 31, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Bell.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Edward Romero, 31, of Albuquerque pleaded guilty in federal court on Dec. 9 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Defendants illegally modified firearms and sought to build shooting range to serve regional and international customers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Florida Tourist Industry Marketing Corporation, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, to develop and implement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Darrell L. Manley, 19, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for his involvement in numerous robberies, some involving firearms, occurring between July and September 2019. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 47-year-old federal inmate pleaded guilty to a federal violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.8 million grant to the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, to install a new emergency generator system to ensure consistent and reliable power for the University Hospital. The EDA grant will be matched with more than $950,000 in local investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced that the Eastern District of Tennessee collected $7,442,571.29 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Of this amount, $2,581,550.52 was collected in criminal actions and $4,861,020.77 was collected in civil actions.
