News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Michael Pizarro Had Previously Been Convicted of a Similar Offense And Continued To Perpetrate The Scheme Even After His Arrest In This Case.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jacob Daniel Williams, 26, of Laurel, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel to being a felon in possession of multiple firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF").

By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) invites interested stakeholders to register to attend upcoming workshops that explore current and emerging challenges and opportunities in manufacturing and inform our future research and development (R&D) portfolio. Workshops throughout 2021 will focus on how to improve energy efficiency, material productivity, and competitiveness for U.S. manufacturers while reducing the sector’s carbon footprint.

By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: Thank you very much to our co-hosts.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: The United States will co-host a meeting with the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), the West African Health Organization (WAHO), and the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Guinea to...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: San Juan, PR - U.S. Marshal Wilmer Ocasio-Ibarra announces the arrest of Juan Sierra Jimenez, a dangerous fugitive and main suspect of a shooting that left five people dead.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Christine O’Neill, age 61, of Johnson City, New York, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy to serve three (3) years on probation for defrauding the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Labor of $46,287 by making false statements and...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tyree Sommerville, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nakia Barber, age 46, of Schenectady, New York, was charged by criminal complaint today with unlawfully possessing a defaced firearm. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following joint statement after their respective committees examined possible reforms to the War Powers Resolution to reclaim Congressional authority...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - One resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: (FORT BENTON, Mont.) -Natural and cultural history come to life at the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Interpretive Center in historic Fort Benton, Mont.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Scott Stephen Howard, 36, of Yuba City, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the IRS’s announcement that it will extend the tax filing deadline to May 17.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Chester Hammond, age 44, of Manlius, New York, pled guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.

By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, welcome to NATO headquarters.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- A Max Meadows, Virginia man, who willfully filed false tax returns for tax years 2014 through 2016, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, to a federal felony of willfully filing a false tax return, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: The United States and Indonesia have enjoyed more than 70 years of bilateral ties. We share an abiding common interest in a more prosperous, secure, and democratic Indo-Pacific region. Our security relationship has broadened and deepened in recent decades, thanks to consistent participation in dozens...

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Wood Innovation: Sustainable Forest Products to Reinvigorate Rural Economies.