News from January 2021
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul joined a letter to the White House, led by Congressswoman Elise Stefanik and signed by twenty two House Republican colleagues, urging President Biden to prioritize engagement and cooperation with our allies on emerging technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A suburban Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to one day in the custody of the U.S. Marshals, six months in a halfway house, three years of supervised release, and $1,000 restitution to be paid to Pittsburgh Police for the destruction of one of their motor vehicles on his conviction of Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Indianapolis - Acting United States Attorney John Childress announced today that Eric Middlebrook, 31, of Greenwood, Indiana, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya W. Pratt for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine where children are present.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Defendant Also Possessed Manuals and Materials to Manufacture Explosive Devices.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Sarah Norton, 41, of Jewett City, Connecticut, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Joseph P. Leeson for child exploitation offenses stemming from her sexually explicit interactions with a 14-year-old boy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A New Bern woman pleaded guilty today to Distribution of Fifty Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Aiding and Abetting (Count One) and Conspiracy to Defraud the Internal Revenue Service (Count Two).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau recently released version 3.3 for the Census Business Builder (CBB) interactive application. CBB is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format. The latest version includes a new...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: During the spring months of 2021, fire crews will conduct a series of prescribed fires within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Prescribed fire, as defined in the approved Fire Management Plan, will be located within the boundaries of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A United Kingdom national is charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bribery for his role in a scheme involving the award of millions of dollars of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reconstruction contracts in Iraq, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig 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: Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith, 53, of Macomb Township, pleaded guilty to a one-count Information charging him with Obstruction of Justice, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: President Joe Biden will sign an Executive Order today that will help restore balance on public lands and waters, create jobs, and provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Edward “Nick" Robinson, the former President of the United Auto Workers Midwest CAP and the former Director of the UAW Labor and Employment Training Corporation, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and was directed to pay $342,000 in restitution to the UAW and the IRS, pending a final restitution hearing, based on convictions for conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle UAW funds and evade taxes announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Waldoboro man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to Social Security fraud, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: The American Subsidiary of Stellantis Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay a $30 Million Fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a Chicago man on carjacking and firearm charges for allegedly violently taking vehicles in Chicago and Cicero and attempting to steal another in Oak Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Nathan Lee Kempter, 33, of Littleton, Colorado, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard. Kempter was previously found guilty by a jury for enticement of a minor and travel with intent to engage in...
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - After the Biden Administration’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, caused heads to turn by refusing to commit to keeping Huawei on the Entity List, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki seemed to double down by declining on two separate occasions when directly asked to say...
