News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Rita Aramyan of Las Vegas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Aramyan appeared today before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie L. White.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: Moderator: (In progress) Counterterrorism and Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and Michael C. Gonzales, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: A 12-time convicted felon, who waived arraignment Tuesday and pleaded not guilty, remains in federal custody charged with multiple firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Special Agent in Charge Fred J. Milanowski, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Houston Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Defendant used Snapchat to engage in sexually explicit video-chats with minor children.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: NEW ORLEANS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is ready for an anticipated surge in spring break travelers. Acrylic barriers and upgraded technology now reduce or eliminate physical contact between passengers and TSA staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: The crime was uncovered during a separate 2015 investigation into wire fraud, i.d. theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Oliver McNair, 30, of Petal, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel to 210 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"). McNair was also ordered to pay a $5000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sydney Johnson, 28, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Rita Aramyan of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Aramyan appeared today before United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, I offer my sincere condolences to the people and Government of Côte d’Ivoire on the passing of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko on March 10.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: MARTINSBURG, PA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Altoona-Blair County Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Bruce Wayne Bivins and Carl Lawrence Cobb, both of Riviera Beach, Florida, will serve federal prison terms after pleading guilty to poaching federally-protected sea turtle eggs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-February’s tepid jobs report showing little change from the previous month is exactly why we should focus on jobs and vaccine distribution, says Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Republican Leader of the House Committee on Ways and Means in a statement.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We appreciate your commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. We believe the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the P5+1 and Iran did not sufficiently ensure Iran could never obtain a nuclear weapon. In return for temporary limits on aspects...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Louisiana women, former jail deputies, were sentenced today to over a year in prison and six months in prison respectively for their roles in covering up a civil rights violation arising out of an inmate’s death at the St. Bernard Parish Prison (SBPP).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on President Biden’s speech marking the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s speech on the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD. - In the last week, U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced three members of the Monument Street drug trafficking organizations to at least five years in federal prison related to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and/or fentanyl in the Monument Street area of East Baltimore.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, I offer my sincere condolences to the people and Government of Côte d’Ivoire on the passing of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko on March 10.
