News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Misappropriated At Least $4 Million From His Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, woman was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - On Jan. 27, 2021, members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Christopher Brown, 20, of Baltimore, MD. Brown was wanted by the Baltimore City Police Department for an attempted murder that occurred on January 9, 2021, in Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - The Department of Justice today announced a coordinated international law enforcement action to disrupt a sophisticated form of ransomware known as NetWalker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Des Moines, IA - A task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers in Des Moines arrested a man wanted by Alabama authorities for allegedly sexually abusing a child. The U.S. Marshals-led Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force located the man, Kenil Leonel Iriarte-Banegas, 21, in the 900 block of E. Hull Ave. just after 3:00 p.m. today and arrested him without incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Jan. 25, 2021, a United States Magistrate Judge authorized a criminal complaint against Héctor M. Morales-Hernández, charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person subject to a domestic violence protective order, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has determined a multi-alarm fire that severely damaged the Ely at Fort Apache apartment complex construction site, located at 5055 South Fort Apache, Las Vegas, NV, was arson. The fire at the structure occurred on Jan. 18, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Gautam Arora, 44, formerly of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Lawrence J. Vilardo to unlawfully acquiring controlled prescriptions by misrepresentation and fraud, and scheming to defraud a health care benefit program. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Four men are in custody and two are at large in relation to the theft of various opioids and stimulants such as OxyContin and Adderall, respectively, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment Tuesday charging a former media producer with extortion and obstruction of justice during a federal investigation in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: A six-time convicted violent felon who was found in possession of a sawed-off rifle was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC -The Biden Administration has reportedly decided it will sign a clean, five-year extension of New START with Russia. The current deal is set to expire on February 5th. The arms control treaty, which entered into force in February 2010, limits the strategic nuclear forces deployed by both...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Department of Justice Launches Global Action Against NetWalker Ransomware.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal custody laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Welcome back to the briefing room, to your briefing room. We’ll be spending quite a bit of time together starting very shortly, and I very much look forward to that. But today, first, I have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st Secretary of State, Mr. Tony Blinken. So with no further ado, I turn it over to him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Jan. 26, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Ashton L. Howard (age: 27) of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Portland Jetport and Bangor International Airport are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID).
