News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Beresford, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted five suspected associates of the Sinaloa Cartel on drug trafficking charges for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine in the Chicago area. One defendant was recently extradited to the United States to face the charges.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America welcome the vote of confidence by the overwhelming majority of the members of the House of Representatives meeting in Sirte 8-10 March to endorse the cabinet chosen by Prime Minister-designate Abdulhamid Dabaiba for an interim Government of National Unity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: A Coffee County man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison after admitting to trafficking methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Gregory Simms, 33, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Simms appeared today, before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WALI MUHAMMAD, 45, of Branford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of health care fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: The Senate is debating whether to discharge Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services from the Finance Committee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Working at a Chicago shipping facility, an employee suffered a leg amputation and crushed pelvis after he fell off and was then run over by a powered heavy-lift vehicle used to move and stack steel containers. The 30-year-old recent hire suffered injuries after being allowed to ride unsecured on the vehicle.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the current surge in unaccompanied children (UACs) at our southern border and the concerning reports about the facilities in which they...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Steven Ranta, 42, Superior, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 96 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “Farmers and Foresters: Opportunities to Lead in Tackling Climate Change." Live video of the hearing is available here.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Brady: This COVID Stimulus is Neither-It’s a Pelosi Payoff.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Fourteen individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Those charged in the indictment are...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and committee Republicans today issued letters to Facebook, Google, and Twitter insisting on transparency and accountability from Big Tech.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: MOAB, UT- In 2021, as visitation to outdoor spaces continues to grow exponentially, Arches National Park has been chosen to be a Hot Spot by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. Arches is 1 of 10 diverse and popular national, state, and local parks identified in need of leave no trace solutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member and leader of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty yesterday to drug charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: As we pass the one-year mark of this pandemic, we have a lot to be hopeful for. Millions of vaccine doses are being administered every day, and restaurants and other service-oriented businesses are slowly starting to welcome back their employees and guests.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Fausto Piña, 31, a Mexican national residing in Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Luis Francisco Abrams, 44, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
