News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: A woman pleaded guilty this morning after abusing and assaulting a Native American minor female while under the influence of alcohol, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement today regarding President Biden’s designation of Peter Sung Ohr to serve as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relation’s Board (NLRB) after Biden fired Peter Robb from the position on January 20...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Clarita Valley man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge that he fraudulently obtained more than $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for his sham companies by submitting fake tax documents and fraudulent employee information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone fraudulently obtained from local pharmacies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Cuba, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking following a high-speed police chase.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Mesa Verde National Park is planning to implement a prescribed fire between January 31 and Feb. 28, 2021, weather permitting. The Chapin Mesa area prescribed fire is being conducted to dispose of material created during fuel reduction projects from last summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: A man who robbed a series of money remitter businesses in Tulsa and Glenpool was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: An Estherville, Iowa, police officer is being honored by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for his commitment to reducing drug abuse. The recipient of the Enrique S. Camarena Award is Captain Nathaniel Dunlavy of the Estherville Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man convicted of Transportation of Child Pornography was sentenced on Jan. 25, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig announced today ten Jersey City men have been charged for their roles in a pharmacy burglary conspiracy that victimized at least 40 pharmacies in northern New Jersey in a three-month span.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal superseding indictment against JOSHOAMEI DEANGELO RICHARDSON, 19, JAMES BROCK WILLIAMS, JR., 20, ISAIAH STACY ALSTAD, 22, CLIFTON GERMAINE WALKER, JR., 23, JORDAN SYDNEY SHAMAH RHODES, 22, and ERIC TROY BALLARD, JR., 18, for conspiracy, firearms violations, and carjacking. All six defendants have been ordered to remain in custody pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Jan. 14, 2021, United States District Court Judge Lynn Adelman sentenced Nicole Doxtator (age: 30) of Milwaukee to two years and one day in prison following her conviction for mail fraud and aggravated...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today welcomed the Republican Members recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee to serve on the Oversight Committee during the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Division and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeffrey Costillo, 33, Blaine, Minnesota, and Denise Kraimer, 27, Columbia Heights, Minnesota, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that his office has resolved claims that FlavorPros, LLC; America’s Best Packaging, LLC; Artisan Foods, LLC; Charlene R. Brach; Richard B. Brach; and Richard C. Brach submitted false claims to the Bureau of Prisons...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Jefferson County man for aiming the beam of a laser pointer at a helicopter, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Join us as Obed Wild & Scenic River, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, and Cumberland Trail State Park hosts the annual Cumberland Trail Volunteer Day on Saturday, February 13. Please meet at Rock Creek Campground, located off Catoosa Road in Morgan County, at 10:00 AM (ET).
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and management and operations contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) completed six major environmental cleanup projects at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK CITY - The New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized an alarming amount of methamphetamine and fentanyl during 2020. In Fiscal Year 2020, there was a 214% increase in methamphetamine and 59% rise in fentanyl seized in New York, in comparison to 2019. These two...
