News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on March 19, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Ricardo Zúniga is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Envoy for the Northern Triangle in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he previously served as a Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center Latin America Program, Director of the International Student Management Office at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, and as U.S. Consul General in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) announced today that $7,831,099 in federal funding has been made available to IEMA for costs related to the state’s response to COVID-19 under the federal disaster declaration of March 26, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Canon City, Colorado, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Malcom X. Lewis, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: The United States reaffirms its commitment to the people of the Republic of the Congo following a peaceful presidential election day on March 21. We are also saddened by the passing of Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas and extend our condolences to all Congolese mourning his recent death.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas has filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against a Texas dermatopathologist and his clinic, Cockerell Dermatopathology (CDP), for submitting nearly $4.2 million in fraudulent claims to TRICARE, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the foreign ministers of Canada, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, the last of six South Florida family members was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and ordered to pay a total of $1,342,928.77 in restitution, following her conviction by way of guilty plea in August 2020, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Ana Cummings, 61 years old of Davie, Florida, was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the FBI condemn all acts of violence, racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the nation and in our communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Christopher Michael Cockrell, 45, of Bentonia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 15 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Clinton, of Martinsburg West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on March 22, 2021, Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BETTY ARRINGTON a/k/a “Betty Callie Arrington," a/k/a “Betty Francis C Miller," a/k/a “Betty Miller" (“ARRINGTON"), age 72, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on March 19, 2021 with theft of government funds.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: The bipartisan leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Aviation have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess barriers to the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct a prescribed burn east of La Sal in the Ray Mesa area near the Utah Colorado state line. The prescribed burn, totaling approximately 124 acres, is scheduled between late March and early April, as weather and burn conditions allow.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today a 15 percent increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through September 2021, providing an estimated $3.5 billion to households experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is made possible...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - The bipartisan leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Aviation have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess barriers to the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
Release: “We continue to support the goal of a Europe whole and free and at peace. The United States is fully committed to our NATO Alliance, and I welcome Europe’s growing investment in the military capabilities that enable our shared defense."
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved three projects totaling more than $7 million for the state of Florida to reimburse the city of Callaway and Gulf County for eligible costs of emergency work and permanent repairs following Hurricane Michael.
