News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger today announced that he will step down from his post as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) effective 11:59 p.m. on January 15.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Valentine, Nebraska -Niobrara National Scenic River invites kids of all ages to the Nature Creations Virtual Activity Event being held Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, and again on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, on the Niobrara National Scenic River Facebook page. Nature Creations brings the unique qualities of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Florida men were indicted today on charges involving the stealing of campers from a business in Elkins, West Virginia, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Mario Alberto Rangel, 29, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH ANTHONY CARBONE, 64, of Queens, New York, formerly of Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Statement Regarding Federal Civil Rights Investigation.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.4 million to North Carolina as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Dec. 20 - Dec. 26, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: 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, and Tina Montezon (age: 58), a licensed nurse, both of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, for conspiring to distribute controlled substances...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Poblano Fresh Produce Corp. (Poblano Fresh), Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operator of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park and Preserve, - Katmai has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the environmental impacts associated with construction of a replacement wastewater solids treatment pond (WSTP) necessary for the disposal of biosolids generated in the Brooks Camp area...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three inmates at Federal Correction Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, were indicted today on various charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, along with Senators Todd Young ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Statement Regarding Federal Civil Rights Investigation Into Shooting of Jacob Blake.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $3.7 million to Florida as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition was sentenced on January 4, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jose Mena-Valdez, 36, of Mexico, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon for possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on January 4, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Moses Lewis, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of discharging a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, resulting in the death of the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On August 4, 2020 a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Tennessee returned a 12-count indictment against the following individuals for their roles in the distribution of heroin.
