News from January 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Matthew L. Richardson, 32, of Alton, Illinois, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson sent letters to the current and former Sergeants at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate seeking information about the security planning done prior to the Electoral College certification on January 6, 2021. The letters were sent to Acting Senate...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Swampscott man was arrested and charged today with bank fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud an elderly victim and her bank by stealing the victim’s retirement assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Gangster Disciples Leaders Sentenced to Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that Teresa A. Weber, age 57, of Strasburg, Ohio, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr after she pleaded guilty to embezzling approximately $423,000 from her former employer.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - On Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, the Natchez Trace Parkway will implement a detour from Milepost 115 to 135. The 25-mile detour will bypass the Parkway using Highway 43 to Highway 16. The motor road will be closed to all traffic between Mileposts 115 - 123.7 and closed to through traffic from Mileposts 123.7 - 135.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Family Discount Pharmacy, Inc. (“FDP"), which operated a pharmacy in Mount Gay, Logan County, has agreed to pay civil monetary penalties to resolve allegations that the pharmacy violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by filling...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden’s latest Executive Order to provide additional economic relief to workers and families in an equitable manner...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: A San Angelo methamphetamine trafficker was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Jade Hooks, 22, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Western District of New York and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - JOHN THOMAS RUTLEDGE.

By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. President: As you take office as our 46th President, we are acutely aware of the slate of critical global challenges facing the United States and our allies that will require immediate and sustained attention from the White House and executive branch agencies. As you chart out initial priorities...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Christopher Golden, age 50, was found guilty of Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography following a federal court trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Jan. 21, 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced MARIO SOLOMON (“SOLOMON"), age 48, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Joseph Miner pleaded guilty via videoconference before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II, to possessing a firearm with obliterated serial numbers. When sentenced, Miner faces a maximum of five years’ imprisonment.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office, in cooperation with CAL FIRE Sonoma Lake Napa Unit, plans to conduct prescribed fire operations in the Black Forest along Soda Bay Road, on the northeast side of Mount Konocti in Kelseyville, Lake County. Pile burn operations are scheduled...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Inspection Stations will send filers Entry Status Notifications (SO70) through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) beginning Jan. 25, 2021. Notifications may include requests for filers to correct ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon J. Martino, of Wadestown, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a firearms conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Washington - The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today unanimously reported for consideration to the full Senate the nomination of Dr. Janet Yellen to the secretary of the Treasury.