News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News from March 2021


Final Member of Wausau Methamphetamine Conspiracy Sentenced

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ger Moua, 32, Wausau, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm as a felon.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Belize citizen yesterday for using a fraudulent United States Permanent Resident Card and a fake Social Security card (listing a Social Security number not assigned to him) while applying for a "Real ID" identification card at a Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles office in Henderson.



Daughter of Prolific Mexican Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty to Criminal Violation of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

News Release: A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).


News Release: Prosecution the Result of “Operation Pine Curtain," a Joint Investigation of Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement.


News Release: Due to the impending forecast for substantial heavy, wet snow accumulation in Rocky Mountain National Park beginning later tonight, as well as the potential for wind gusts throughout the weekend, park staff are pre-emptively closing roads on the east side of the park to keep roads clear for snowplows and emergency responders.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3 Million to Support Growing Aviation Technology Cluster in Southern New Jersey

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the Atlantic County Improvement Authority, Atlantic City, New Jersey, to grow the region’s critical aviation technology cluster by constructing a new office building that will provide growing aviation companies with the office space and room for research and development they need to thrive.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cory Davonta Smith, Jr., of Barberton, Ohio, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


Previously Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland- Christopher Russell Fox, age 42, of Brooklyn, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2021 to distribution of child pornography. Fox is a registered sex offender, previously convicted of a third-degree sex offense in 2016, in Howard County Circuit Court.


News Release: Defendant Admitted Receiving Nearly $2M for Defunct Businesses.


News Release: A man who possessed a loaded pistol was sentenced March 12, 2021, to more than one year in federal prison.


News Release: Miami, Florida - Yesterday, a federal judge in Ft. Pierce sentenced a Bahamian man to 151 months in prison for trying to smuggle migrants into the United States on a poorly-equipped and overloaded boat while the area was under a hurricane warning.


News Release: The National Park Service has issued guidance applicable to shared employee housing and transportation systems that is relevant to concessioners, commercial use authorization holders, and leaseholders. Commercial service providers should access these materials to understand National Park Service requirements and guidelines related to their operations.


Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Columbus to fill more than 40 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) full- and part-time positions by summer 2021 at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH).


Grothman: Advancing American technology safely and effectively should be a bipartisan priority

News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s joint hearing by emphasizing Congress has the responsibility to thoroughly examine artificial intelligence (AI) prior to investing billions of taxpayer dollars in the technology and ensure Americans’ privacy is protected.


News Release: Washington-Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “Policy Recommendations on Haiti for the Biden Administration"...


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Travelers along U. S. Highway 395 north of Susanville and residents of the Ravendale area can expect to see smoke on Tuesday, March 16, when Bureau of Land Management fire crews complete a pile burning project near Round Valley Reservoir.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Crow Agency man admits stabbing man

News Release: BILLINGS - A Crow Agency man today admitted stabbing another man last year on the Crow Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.


News Release: Defendants Allegedly Used Traffic Stops along Highway 101 to Shake Down Drivers for Money, Marijuana, and Other Property.