News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: For the last century, seismic building codes and practices have primarily focused on saving lives by reducing the likelihood of significant damage or structural collapse. Recovery of critical functions provided by buildings and infrastructure have received less attention, however. As a result, many remain vulnerable to being knocked out of service by an earthquake for months, years or for good.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Seven people have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy in an indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a civil complaint filed in the Eastern District of California, the United States alleges that Lawrence Howen and the pharmacy he owns, Nor-Cal Pharmacies Inc. doing business as Lockeford Drug, unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from 2016 through 2019, in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: Ambassador Eizenstat gave the keynote address for the virtual commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at The Hague, Netherlands, sponsored by the Chief Rabbi of The Hague Schmuel Katzman, Israel Ambassador to the Netherlands Naor Gilon, the Mayor of The Hague Jan Van Zanen, and the President of the International Court of Justice Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for blackmailing female friends and acquaintances on Facebook by threatening to publish nude photographs and videos of them unless they complied with his demands of sending him additional sexually explicit images.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Former Media Producer Indicted on Charges of Extortion and Obstruction of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 27, 2021 - Robert Rasean Smith, 28, of Nashville, was charged yesterday with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Bobby Earl Oliver, 33, of Adamsville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ramsey E. Covington, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that KENNETH W. SWEENEY, 58, of Tolland, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to a federal tax offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ryan Nicholas Wolf, of Wheeling, West Virginia, appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint alleging child pornography possession, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation Campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that the government has filed a civil lawsuit against Mihir Taneja alleging that Taneja conspired with Larry Smith, the owner of Z Stat Medical, LLC d/b/a Oldsmar Pharmacy, to enter into a kickback arrangement with a marketing company (Centurion Compounding...
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 Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz announced today that the preserve will begin issuing this season’s free feral hog trapping permits on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admits to Participation in a Conspiracy to Violate the Federal Clean Water Act.
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: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously living in Lawrence was sentenced today for trafficking crack cocaine (also known as cocaine base) and cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today,President Joe Biden signed an executive order titled, “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad."House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
