News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: “The violence at the United States Capitol was reprehensible. It adds nothing of value to important public discourse. While peaceful protests are protected by our nation’s constitution, violence is not. I support the right to peacefully assemble. I also was sworn to uphold the rule of law. Those who violated the law in the nation’s capital today should and will face the justice system," said Bill Powell, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that VINCENT FELIX RIVERE, age 47, and MEGAN LYNN SHOEMAKER, age 35, former residents of Springfield, Louisiana, were charged on Dec. 30, 2020 in a bill of information with selling Louisiana box turtles on July 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California diagnostic laboratory will pay $357,584 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted claims for genetic tests to Medicare without valid physician oversight, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory Meeks released the following statement in response to today’s violence in the U.S. Capitol Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Lake Havasu City, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Lake Havasu Field Office is seeking public input on a proposed 30-mile trail along the southeastern shore of Lake Havasu. The proposed trail would begin at the BLM’s Partners Point facility along the Lake Havasu shoreline and end near Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge. Public comments will be accepted for 30 days, from January 7 through February 5, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Sammy Joe Fragale, II, 39, of Montgomery, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
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.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
Release: OMAHA, Neb. - The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Eppley Airfield is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) andconfirms their flight information in near real time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman joined local and federal law enforcement leaders today for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the Cleveland Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Strike Force facility. The new facility will allow police, federal investigators and both state and federal prosecutors to collaborate and share resources on investigations into criminal organizations at one central location.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 102,616 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Obed Wild & Scenic River has set the deadline for submitting entries for the park’s 10th annual photo contest at 4:30 PM (ET), on Friday, July 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Trisha Cassidy, 55, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to bank fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announces the finalization of the Municipal and Industrial Water Rate-setting Policy for Central Valley Project water contractors. This accomplishment provides agreement between CVP contractors, Reclamation, and the Department of the Interior regarding the recovery of the CVP cost for M&I water users.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Visitors to Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway will soon be able to reserve campsites in advance at all concession-operated campgrounds. Reservations will go live on Recreation.gov beginning January 26 for the 2021 operating season. All park campgrounds that were first come, first served are moving to this advance reservation system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Taquil Lishemel Baley, a 21-year old Wilkes-Barre man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that James Strohm, 49, of Philadelphia, PA, a 20-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, was sentenced to 172 months in prison, 20 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $79,000 in restitution and more than $27,000 in special assessments by United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh for possession and distribution of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking members for a new advisory committee on urban agriculture, part of a broader effort to focus on the needs of urban farmers. The 12-person committee will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the development of policies and outreach relating to urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices as well as identify any barriers to urban agriculture.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final rule to facilitate the safe development of civil supersonic aircraft. The rule streamlines and clarifies procedures to obtain FAA approval for supersonic flight testing in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kristina Hand, age 47, of Morris, New York, pled guilty today to stealing at least $34,000 from her former employer, the Morris Central School District.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment...
