News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: West Palm Beach, FL. - West Palm Beach federal prosecutors have charged three defendants with conspiring to distribute over 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. The three defendants are Mexican nationals. Two of the defendants made their initial appearances today in federal magistrate court in West Palm Beach. The third defendant made his initial appearance on Friday, Jan. 22, before a federal magistrate judge in Wisconsin, where he was arrested.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today,House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) welcomed the members the Republican Steering Committee recommended to serve on the committee in the 117thCongress. Westerman issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced Tavares Speaight (25, Tampa) to two years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Speaight to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Promoting and Protecting: Women’s Rights in Marriage; Free and Fair Elections; Rule of Law; and Marginalized Communities. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Harold Novick pled guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Mark Mongillo, 31, of Unadilla, New York, appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with methamphetamine distribution charges and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $36.5 million funding opportunity for a new DHS Center of Excellence (COE), Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted Attacks (ESE). Accredited United States colleges and universities are invited to submit proposals as the center lead.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 62-year-old Vidor, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former captain in the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department was sentenced in federal court today for illegally selling dozens of firearms over a five-year period, and to selling firearms to convicted felons.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
Release: Host: Welcome Mr. Kerry. Very good to have you. Welcome to this virtual meeting of world leaders. It is truly wonderful to have you. Could you please tell us about the new ambitions of the United States?
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1,001,000 civil penalty against Weathervane Aviation Services, LLC, of Westport, Mass., for allegedly operating illegal charter flights.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Highmore, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, Sale or Transfer of Firearms to a Prohibited Person, and False Statements During Purchase of a Firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Fire Management Officials at Zion National Park are planning to implement several small prescribed burns in Zion National Park beginning Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Prescribed fire is an important technique used to reduce excessive vegetation build up on the landscape and reduce the potential for more severe fires. If weather conditions are not favorable, these burns will be postponed until later this winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: In San Antonio today, 22-year-old Cost resident Jaylyn Christopher Molina (aka Abdur Rahim) admitted to conspiring to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Syria (ISIS), announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: A man was sentenced this morning after using a firearm to rob a Dollar General, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office announced the launch of the Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition™.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced LeVaughn Neal to 156 months in prison today. The 36-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in October, to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Dayton today to conspiring with others to steal more than 50 firearms from Target World in Sharonville in June 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), released the list of new Republican members who were selected by the Republican Steering Committee to serve on the Education and Labor Committee in the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) collected $68,064,639.91 in criminal, civil, and asset forfeiture actions in 2020.
