News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Steven M. Fitch, age 25, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher for being in unlawful possession of a destructive device. Judge Buescher sentenced Fitch to 30 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Once Fitch is released from prison, he will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about Tajikistan is available on the Tajikistan Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joe Pacheco-Romero, 33, of Albuquerque was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 13 to 17 years and six months in prison for attempted carjacking, interference with commerce by threats or violence, and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Yakima Valley, Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Colorado woman and a Florida woman pleaded guilty today in connection with a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Kwame’ Leon Weaver (31, Clearwater) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a mixture of fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, and heroin with the intent to distribute it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Richard Enloe, Jr to 125 months in prison today. The 40-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in October, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that KEITH CRAIG (“CRAIG"), age 59, of LaPlace, Louisiana was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2021 to four (4) years probation by the Honorable Greg Gerard Guidry for falsifying documents related to a federal Small Business Administration loan, in...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Biden is expected to re-enter the Paris Climate Agreement, once again bypassing ratification by the United States Congress. According to a study by the Heritage Foundation, the agreement could lead to a 13-20% increase in household electricity expenditures. It could...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - Two East St. Louis men wanted on federal kidnapping charges were captured.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Missouri man, Gregory Parrish Evans, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, to 120 months in federal prison, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Washington - In one of his first acts in office, President Joe Biden requested federal agencies to extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums for millions of Americans. In response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an extension of eviction and foreclosure moratoriums on USDA Single Family...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-KY-03) today wrote to Office of Management and Budget Director-designate Neera Tanden to urge the Biden Administration to prioritize several key initiatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Prosser, Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Connecticut Man Charged with Assaulting an Officer During U.S. Capitol Breach.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE: The United States has two sanctions programs against Russia in response to its aggression against Ukraine. The first stems from Russia’s invasion, occupation, and attempted annexation of Crimea.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, most recent Chair of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship* issued the following statement applauding President Biden’s day one actions on immigration, including his bold vision for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Jan. 19, 2021, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Curlie Marquee Quarterman, age 35, of Walcott, to 228 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Robbery announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Following his prison term, Quarterman was ordered to serve five years of supervised release, as well as immediately pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Kin Moy was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs on June 15, 2021. Immediately prior to this appointment, Mr. Moy was the Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He has been a Foreign Service Officer for...
