News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet spoke today with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei about the situation in Belarus and the current state of U.S.-Belarus bilateral relations. Counselor Chollet made clear the need for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus without ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Somalie Bruce, age 35, and Jeanorah Williams, age 26, of St. Croix were arrested for firearms trafficking; conspiracy to engage in firearms trafficking; shipping, transporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - After nearly two years of legal proceedings, Mun Chol Myong (Mun), 55, a national of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been extradited to the United States. This case represents the first ever extradition to the United States of a DPRK national. Mun is accused of laundering money through the U.S. financial system as part of a scheme to provide luxury items to the DPRK.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: The Department of State is pleased to announce that Ricardo Zuniga, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, will serve as its Special Envoy for the Northern Triangle. The Special Envoy will lead U.S. diplomatic efforts, advise the Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jim Risch (R-ID), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland on the virtual forum the Department of the Interior (DOI) is hosting this week.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s sanctions on Chinese officials for human rights abuses in Xinjiang against the Uighur population. The sanctions were coordinated with the European Union, the U.K, and Canada, which all launched similar sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A Screven County man faces a minimum of five years in federal prison after admitting that he distributed child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) has achieved three million safe work hours without a lost-time incident and has surpassed one million hours without a recordable work injury.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: The United States is following events in Zimbabwe closely, including the troubling moves on March 17 to strip Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC Alliance) Vice President Tendai Biti and other MDC Alliance members of their elected seats in parliament.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Holbrook, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to steal checks from the mail in Maine and to cash counterfeit versions of those checks at banks in Massachusetts, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack.".
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Department of Energy Announces Water-Related Selections, Resources, Partnership, and Competition Development in Support of World Water Day.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: FT. LAUDERDALE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) have intercepted 25 guns - 22 of which were loaded - so far this year. Five of those were stopped this weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 19, 2021, a federal jury convicted, Lynn Richard Norton, 61, of Morristown, Tennessee, of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. As a result of the convictions, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 22, 2021 - Laziza Abdullaeva and Aziz Ashurov of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations involving misrepresentations in their purchases of certain properties from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Mary Jane Stewart, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Loren Senna, 37, of Burlington, Vermont, was arrested on Friday evening and has been charged by federal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base. Senna is scheduled to appear remotely this afternoon for an initial appearance before the Hon. Kevin J. Doyle, United States Magistrate Judge.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing to examine ways to prevent domestic violence and promote healthy communities...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shaneesha White, 25, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with theft of government funds, fraud associated with disaster relief, and wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A husband and wife were arrested on weapons charges after a standoff at a Hudson County hotel, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: The United States is following events in Zimbabwe closely, including the troubling moves on March 17 to strip Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC Alliance) Vice President Tendai Biti and other MDC Alliance members of their elected seats in parliament.
