News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two Florida residents have admitted they colluded in a scheme to steal pandemic unemployment funds.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Russia, China, and Pakistan on the occasion of the Extended “Troika" on Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Korea.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: The United States is providing an additional nearly $52 million in assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The United States has provided a total of nearly $153 million in humanitarian assistance since the crisis began.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: In Del Rio yesterday, a federal judge sentenced Houston resident Michael Dewayne Dennis, aka Michael Spiller, to 18 years in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that distributed over 11,000 kilograms of marijuana throughout the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man has been charged with laundering money that originated from fraudulently obtained loans from the U.S. Small Business Association and from a business email compromise scheme that targeted a law firm based in New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Justin Antoine, a/k/a Justo, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, a member of a drug trafficking organization operating in Southwest Baltimore, to 270 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy...
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Last week, U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Demoney T. Coleman, 22, of Peoria, Ill., to more than three years (37 months) in federal prison for trying to obstruct the trial of members of the Bomb Squad, a Peoria street gang, in late 2019. Coleman pleaded guilty in December...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge John A. Ross sentenced Ramonte Willey to 17 years in prison today. The 24-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to two counts of carjacking and one count of possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office will begin construction activities to improve the campground and adjacent boat launch at the popular Radium Recreation Site along the Upper Colorado River. Both will be closed for approximately eight to 10 weeks beginning April 1 as weather permits. The upstream boat launch and restrooms will remain open for public use during construction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Long-term Investigation Resulted in Seizure of $935,000 in Cash, Enough Fentanyl to Kill 200,000 People, and Numerous Firearms; Armed Penn North Drug Traffickers Sold Fentanyl Using Brand Names Such As Bullseye, Dirty Sprite, Lamar Jackson and Master P.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s unclassified summary of the joint comprehensive threat assessment on domestic violent extremism drafted by the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of Justice.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 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 Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced S. 855, the Water Rights Protection Act. This legislation will protect privately owned waters from being seized by the federal government.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.-Here’s what both energy industry experts and environmental activists are saying about the Securing Cleaner American Energy agenda released by Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee this week.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken traveled to Tokyo and Seoul March 15-18 to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to strengthening our alliances with Japan and the Republic of Korea, and to highlight cooperation that promotes peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, and around...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Douglas Arvin Horning, 55, of Cadillac, pled guilty to tax evasion before the Honorable Ray Kent, United States Magistrate Judge. Horning faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced by the Honorable Paul L. Maloney, United States District Judge, later this year.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s hearing on securing America’s energy future.
