News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 or Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today identified the modernization of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) vehicle fleet as an opportunity to test a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) user fee on a national scale. Because the USPS fleet modernization effort will include...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Seattle -Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald M. Voiret today highlighted the federal role in countering hate crimes and bias acts-especially those targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Honorable United States District Judge Frank W. Volk sentenced Cornelius Pope, 24, of Detroit, Michigan to 12 months and one day in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl and three years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our nation and the planet today. With climate change intensifying, we see more intense hurricanes, storms, and uncontrolled wildfires. That’s why the Biden Administration has laid out a bold climate agenda to combat the climate emergency with plans to procure carbon pollution-free electricity by 2050 and leverage DOE’s labs to produce cutting-edge R&D solutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man has been charged in connection with committing armed bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management Phoenix District Office today announces the final supplementary rules for developed recreation areas and sites within the district, including those associated with the recreational shooting sports sites in Maricopa and Pinal Counties. The final supplementary rules will provide for safe use at each facility and at all developed recreation areas within Phoenix District boundaries.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Nicodemus National Historic Site is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) has been working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Chad Fisher, who has served as the National Park Service’s (NPS) wildland fire operations program leader since 2017, has been selected as the NPS chief for the Branch of Wildland Fire. In this position he will lead the team responsible for operations, science and ecology, and planning and budget for the Service’s wildland fire management program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk today announced the sentencing of PHILLIP ARLAN KOONTZ, 53, to 20 years in prison for distributing child pornography. KOONTZ, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 22, 2020, was sentenced yesterday afternoon by Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Captain Marco Garmo was sentenced to two years in prison today for years of unlawful firearms transactions and for an array of corrupt conduct relating to unlicensed marijuana dispensaries operating in his former jurisdiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JIMMIE WILLIAMSON, also known as “James Land," 38, of Durham, North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant Met “Patients" in Back Rooms of Stores, Wrote “Prescriptions" on Note Cards, and Sold Prescription Drugs at Front of Stores.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roy Blunt (R-MO), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, Marco...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Burley Field Office announced today that it will extend the South Hills area seasonal road closure, which began on Jan. 15, until road conditions improve. There are still snow drifts melting that are saturating roadbeds, making the roads highly susceptible to rutting and erosion.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced a full Committee hearing titled, “The Business Case for Climate Solutions." The hearing will explore private sector actions to develop and implement solutions to climate change, with an emphasis on the surface transportation sector. More information about the hearing, including witness testimony and a livestream, can be found here once available.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on JLD Inc., doing business as North Country Wholesale (JLD), North Conway, N.H., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents related to the U.S. Postal Service’s recent contract award to purchase up to 165,000 new postal vehicles from Oshkosh Corporation in a deal valued at up to $6 billion.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District announces the availability of a draft environmental assessment to address potential environmental consequences associated with a proposal by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to construct a multi-use trail in sections of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that James Coleman, 44, of Ringgold, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 132 months (11 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
