News from March 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that REDIS MCGARY, age 53, a resident of Tangipahoa Parish, was sentenced on March 17, 2021 by United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle after previously pleading guilty to a two-count Bill of Information with possessing with the intent to distribute heroin and with being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a full Committee legislative hearing titled, “LIFT America: Revitalizing our Nation's Infrastructure and Economy:"

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced his intention to nominate Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC):
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Elison A. Ledesma-Melo a/k/a Carlos Rivera Perez a/k/a Ostin M. Echevarria-Roman, 46, a native of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Elison A. Ledesma-Melo a/k/a Carlos Rivera Perez a/k/a Ostin M. Echevarria-Roman, 46, a native of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute 100...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in Miami has sentenced 49-year-old Carlton Cash, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to ten years in prison for dealing crystal methamphetamine. Cash holds an active Florida medical license.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the Indictment of KAREN FARRELL TIGLER, age 34, of Harvey, Louisiana, who was charged on Friday, March 19, 2021, in a twelve-count federal indictment for Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to Federal Agents, and Making and Subscribing False...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration- Chicago Division and Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that on March 18, 2021, Susan Moyer (58) of Milwaukee, the former co-owner and office manager of the “Compassionate Care Clinic" in Milwaukee, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for her role in distribution of Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Dennis R. Holmes announced that Carlocito Slim, 35, was found guilty of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a two-day federal court trial held in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on March 10, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: ON REBUILDING AMERICA’S BOOMING ECONOMY. “I’ll start by reflecting on what life was like before the pandemic. Our economy was booming. It was the hottest job market in half a century. “After a decade of people asking, ‘where are the jobs?’ wages were rising, more jobs were available than people looking...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: ON REBUILDING AMERICA’S BOOMING ECONOMY. “I’ll start by reflecting on what life was like before the pandemic. Our economy was booming. It was the hottest job market in half a century. “After a decade of people asking, ‘where are the jobs?’ wages were rising, more jobs were available than people looking...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman, (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced witness for the Committee’s upcoming hearing titled, “Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Healthy Meals and Healthy Futures."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - J.P. Lillis Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Cape Cod Ice, a cold storage warehouse and ice manufacturing facility that stores over 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia at its facility on the banks of the Seekonk River, was fined $90,000 an placed on federal probation for three years by a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Convicted Felon Admitted to Possessing Firearms for Hunting.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a full Committee legislative hearing titled, “LIFT America: Revitalizing our Nation's Infrastructure and Economy:"

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on March 16, 2021, by U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Ninety wild horses and 27 wild burros were adopted and picked up over the weekend by approved trainers readying for the fifth annual Mustang Mania Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) Challenge. The Challenge is slated to take place July 2-4, 2021, at the Ford Idaho Horse Park in Nampa.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: ON REBUILDING AMERICA’S BOOMING ECONOMY. “I’ll start by reflecting on what life was like before the pandemic. Our economy was booming. It was the hottest job market in half a century. “After a decade of people asking, ‘where are the jobs?’ wages were rising, more jobs were available than people looking...

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 a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 22, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced his intention to nominate Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC):