News from January 2021
Chairman Thompson Announces Homeland Security Committee Democratic Members and Subcommittee Chairs
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) -Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement announcing the 19 Democratic Members of the Committee as well as the six Subcommittee Chairs and full Committee Vice Chair for the 117th Congress...
BLM releases draft recreation business plan for public review
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: KANAB, Utah - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the Draft Business Plan for the Kanab Field Office Campground Program for a 30-day public comment period. The plan includes details about improved amenities at the Ponderosa Grove and Whitehouse Campgrounds and outlines potentially associated...
Former Federal Grand Juror Sentenced after Pleading Guilty to Obstruction of Justice
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Alicia Renee Coleman, 51, of Rock Hill, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty last fall to a felony charge of obstruction of justice.
Felon Indicted on Gun Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that EDWARD BELL, age 24 of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a one count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922 and 924.
Albany Man Charged with Obstruction of Justice and Violating Release Conditions
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael P. Fish, age 25, of Albany, was charged today with obstruction of justice and committing a felony offense while on release, for submitting fraudulent character letters to the United States District Judge overseeing his federal criminal case.
Chinese national charged with criminal conspiracy to export US power amplifiers to China following ICE investigation
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment was unsealed this week charging Cheng Bo, also known as Joe Cheng, a 45-year-old national of the People’s Republic of China, with participating in a criminal conspiracy from 2012-2015 to violate U.S. export laws by shipping U.S. power amplifiers to China, the result of a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles, the FBI and the Department of Commerce.
Two Members of the Proud Boys Indicted for Conspiracy, Other Charges Related to the Jan. 6 Riots
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: One defendant facing additional charges of obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.
Goshen Lawn Care and Snow Removal Business Owners Ordered To Pay Over $1 Million
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: In Restitution For Conspiracy To Defraud The United States.
Mississippi man sentenced to 11 years for cocaine and money laundering conspiracies
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A member of a multi-state drug ring will be spending the rest of the decade behind bars. Lendarious Hayes, 24, of Meridian, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 135 months (11 years and 3 months) in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and money laundering conspiracy.
Pamlico County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 100 Months
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Pamlico County man was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to 100 months in prison for the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine.
Man Accused of Kidnapping Ex-girlfriend and her parents Charged in South Florida Federal Court
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Today, federal prosecutors in Ft. Lauderdale filed a criminal complaint charging a 37-year-old West Palm Beach man with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and her parents at gunpoint from their Pembroke Pines home earlier this month.
Convicted Felon Indicted for Illegal Possession of Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly shot victim in the leg in October 2020 in Fitchburg.
Central Illinois Sex Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced a Central Illinois man, Franshon Stapleton, 48, to multiple life prison terms for trafficking young women for sex. Stapleton, of Springfield, ran his prostitution enterprise from a motel in Champaign where he lived, and used women he recruited from Champaign, Sangamon, and Peoria counties.
Road maintenance scheduled for Desert Wind Way Road
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - During the month of February, the Bureau of Land Management will be maintaining the eastern 0.4 miles of Desert Wind Way, leading eastward to the parking lot used by visitors to the Doña Ana Mountains unit of Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument. To ensure the visiting public’s safety and complete the maintenance successfully, the BLM will be imposing access delays and/or intermittent road closures of this area.
Westerman Announces Committee Senior Staff
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the committee’s senior staff lineup for the 117thCongress.
Youth Conservation Corps Applications for Homestead National Historical Park
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Homestead National Historical Park is now accepting applications for the summer 2021 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). The YCC is a summer employment program for young men and women, ages 15-18, who work and learn together on projects that further the development and conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the United States.
DOJ Announces Arrests in Middle Georgia Drug Conspiracy and Dog Fighting Ring Investigation
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - An indictment was unsealed today charging 11 individuals in a 136-count federal indictment including alleged violations of drug conspiracy, drug distribution, drug possession with the intent to distribute, drug possession, as well as violations of the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal...
Dominican National Indicted for Fentanyl Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously living in Lawrence was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with fentanyl possession.
Convicted Predator Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Tracy, 50, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to receipt of child pornography by a person having a prior conviction for aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual conduct involving a minor. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and $250,000 fine.
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Linde
By State Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
