News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment today for attempting to set fire to a marked police vehicle in Raleigh after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Kareem Jaquian Dennings, 21, of Fayetteville was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 12, 2021, Eliseo Sierra, age 43, of Stuart, Florida, was sentenced to five years of probation, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, for federal program theft. Judge Wilson also ordered Sierra to pay $61,337.09 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A Limestone County couple has been sentenced on child exploitation charges, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Kristopher Justinboyer Ervin (41, Orange Park) with possession of an unregistered machinegun conversion device. If convicted, Ervin faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the draft Kuna Cave Recreation Site Improvement Environmental Assessment and is inviting public review of proposed enhancements to the popular site located about 5 miles south of Kuna.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Clyde Hill resident secured eight pandemic relief loans via fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - A federal jury has found Jonathan Anthony Reid (31, Gibsonton) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a previously convicted felon, in connection with the shooting of two men outside a Fort Myers night club in January 2020. Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, Reid faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 14, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania and West Virginia man were arrested Sunday on criminal charges related to their alleged conspiring to injure officers and assaulting federal officers, among other charges.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Jonathan Weston, of Westminster, Maryland, has admitted to a child pornography charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today released the following statement on the confirmation of Deb Haaland to be Secretary of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, Tojiddin Ghaibulloyev Rahimov, age 47, a naturalized citizen of the United States, born in Tajikistan, residing in Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to 8 months imprisonment following a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ramsey E. Covington, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that MICHAEL C. MONROE, 48, of Norwalk, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - The former president of an escrow and title company pleaded guilty today to misappropriating $715,000 of closing funds in connection with 48 real estate transactions for which she served as the settlement agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - An Apex man was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $909,763.28 in restitution owed to dozens of victims on charges of Wire Fraud and Aiding and Abetting and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
Release: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the Atlantic City International Airport checkpoint on Saturday, March 13, when they detected a 9mm handgun loaded with 17 hollow point bullets in his carry-on bag.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Queens, N.Y. - The National Park Service has selected Riis Bazaar, LLC (Riis Bazaar) for a five-year lease for use of facilities at Jacob Riis Park. Riis Bazaar was one of several applicants that submitted proposals in response to a recent Request for Proposals. Riis Bazaar will offer a selection of year-round and seasonal food service along with a variety of music, events and pop-up vendors.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: Deputy Regional Director Debbie Conway has named David H. Moore as superintendent of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Hampton National Historic Site and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, all based in Baltimore, Maryland. He begins his new role on April 25, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Heather D. Obrad, a correctional employee at Federal Corrections Institution Hazelton, has admitted to having inappropriate contact with an inmate, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
