News from March 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has awarded grants totaling $3,892,324 for the State of Florida to reimburse applicants for the costs of beach restoration and emergency response following Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to express serious concerns about the politically and fiscally irresponsible manner in which $10,000,000,000 in U.S. foreign assistance funds have been made available for the international COVID-19 response, and to urge you to take immediate action to ensure that such...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Tax Preparer Charged with COVID-19 Loan Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida tax preparer was charged Tuesday by criminal information with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain over 100 COVID-19-relief loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Hugo Reynosa, age 25, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary Lewisburg (USP Lewisburg) was indicted on March 16, 2021, by a federal grand jury for being in possession of a weapon in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - On Wednesday, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) filed a criminal complaint charging an Austin man with transporting undocumented immigrants resulting in death.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: DOYLE, Calif. - Up to 200 riders are expected to participate in the Diamond Back Hare Scrambles motorcycle race, Saturday and Sunday, April 3 and 4, at the Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Area near Doyle. Trail access will be available only to participants while the races are underway.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico National Guard, one of the vital components during emergency situations on the island, was granted an obligation of nearly $12.7 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These funds will address eight permanent repair projects at several facilities, including its headquarters and various training centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - George Martinez, 45, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court today, charged in an indictment with 42 counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering and 42 counts of identity theft. An arraignment is scheduled for March 19. A federal grand jury indicted Martinez on March 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 , bipartisan legislation introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) that supports vital victim service programs by preventing future cuts to already diminished federal victim service grants. The bill passed by a vote of 384-38.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), authors of the landmark Environmental Justice for All Act, wrote to President Biden today urging him to revoke Army Corps of Engineers permits for the proposed Formosa Plastics petrochemical complex located in St.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for accepting more than $15,000 in cash bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband - including methamphetamine and cell phones - into the complex’s high-security penitentiary.
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
Release: The United States is closely following events in Turkey, including troubling moves on March 17 to strip Member of Parliament Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu of his parliamentary seat.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Victor Mones Coro Provided Millions of Dollars in Charter Flight Services to Former Vice President Tareck El Aissami, Samark Lopez Bello, Venezuelan Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno, and Nicolás Maduro’s 2018 Campaign for President.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Tim Coughlin (619) 546- 6768, Victor White (619) 546-8439 and Blair Perez (619) 546-7963.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Office of River Protection contractor for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI), has earned $5.54 million, or 70.4% of the available award fee of $7.87 million for the performance evaluation period of calendar year 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $2,392,008 to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for roadway repairs after Hurricane Florence in Robeson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Mark Clark, 45, of Liberia, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison by the Honorable Maryellen Noreika, U.S. District Judge for the District of Delaware. Clark had pled guilty in October 2020 to one count of bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man accused of injuring an infant on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation pleaded guilty to assault charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
