News from January 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to one of the Biden administration’s first Department of the Interior memos, which will effectively ban oil, gas, and coal leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters for at least the next 60 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 51-year-old resident of Angleton has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of receipt, possession and distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Samantha Miller, 36, of Charleston, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for the felony offenses of bank fraud and possession of stolen mail matter. After Miller completes her sentence of federal incarceration, she will be placed on supervised release for a term of five years. Miller is also required to pay restitution back to the victim banks in the amount of $1,965.51.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: A man who created and advertised child pornography depicting him sexually abusing two children was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Christopher Lovings, 36, was sentenced to ____ months in federal prison on Thursday, before Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base and possession of firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced three senior appointments today.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: A home security technician has pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into customers’ video feeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Prerak Shah.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, Fla., - Raymond James Stadium in Tampa is a “No Drone Zone" for Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7, 2021. Drones also are prohibited around the Tampa Riverwalk for the NFL Super Bowl Experience during the days leading up to the event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a gun pled guilty Jan. 19, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: U.S. merchant wholesalers had sales of $8,633.5 billion in 2019, according to estimates from the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2018, U.S. merchant wholesalers had sales of $8,633.6 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Donald Dougherty, 54, of Philadelphia, PA, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson. Dougherty, the owner of Dougherty Electric, Inc., (“DEI"), a well-established Philadelphia-based electrical contractor, pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false federal income tax return and one count of theft of employee benefit funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Cameron Malik Dajon Payton, 19, of Harrison County, Mississippi, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks public comment on the management alternatives, environmental impacts and other issues of public concern that APHIS should consider in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for predator damage management activities in Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Cameron Malik Dajon Payton, 19, of Harrison County, Mississippi, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Vancouver, Washington man was sentenced to federal prison today for failing to comply with sex offender supervision and registration requirements designed to protect the community from predatory acts, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Clark, 34, of Bath, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receiving and distributing child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years imprisonment a maximum of 20 years, and a fine up to $250,000.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) released the following statements in response to President Biden prioritizing Department of Transportation scrutiny of the Trump administration’s rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Central Falls man on Wednesday admitted to a federal court judge that in April 2020 he possessed.223 caliber ammunition after previously being convicted of a felony.
