News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Eric Garcia, 40, of Smith Lake, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged on March 15 in federal court with murder committed in Indian Country. Garcia will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for March 17.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) launched an assessment of new technology that uses Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to disinfect airport checkpoint bins in the agency’s continuing effort to provide safer checkpoint experiences by working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria. This initial assessment will occur in two checkpoints at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Roy Ray III, 20, of Natchez, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A former Middlesboro firefighter, Robert Christopher England, 36, was sentenced on Tuesday, to 300 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after previously being convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography, on a Middlesboro Fire Department laptop.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, March 23, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The hearing is entitled, “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs."
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) The ministers and secretaries will enter the room shortly. Please stay seated.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Holland, 29, of Newark, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to production of child pornography and possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 50 years, lifetime supervised release, and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: CONCORD: Six individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Hampshire and charged with participating in a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and other offenses, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Those charged in the indictment are.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Yilber Rosario, age 32, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment followed by a four-year term of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for heroin and fentanyl trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Held gun to victim’s head - threatened to kill her.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a Members’ Day Hearing beginning at 10 AM on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 via Cisco Webex. The Committee welcomes Member testimony on legislation within the Committee’s jurisdiction and specifically encourages testimony regarding infrastructure proposals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced it will allow the 60-day suspension on processing oil and gas drilling permits to expire on March 21, 2021. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Luis Morales was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for cocaine trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A New York man was charged with traveling to Atlantic County, New Jersey, to have sex with a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to racketeering and drug charges.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, March 23, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The hearing is entitled, “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs."
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) reintroduced the Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act. The bill provides increased cooperation between the U.S. and our allies to identify and...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC ‒ Today, six of every 10 workers trapped in a grain bin don't make it out alive. This is a frightening reality, but one that the nation's 8,378 off-farm grain storage facilities' operators can change by following common sense approaches that truly may be the difference between life and death.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
Release: March 11, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) for imported sand pear fruit from the Republic of Korea. APHIS is proposing to authorize imports of non-precleared sand pear fruit from the ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) today urged Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to break the bureaucratic logjam delaying critical Payroll Assistance Program Extension (PSP2) funds for the Nation’s smaller airlines.
