News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Elkie Crump, also known as “40," 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fentanyl and crack cocaine distribution offenses.
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
Release: We welcome today’s vote of confidence by the House of Representatives in support of the slate of choices put forward by Interim Prime Minister-designate Abdulhamid Dabaiba for an interim Government of National Unity. This is a milestone toward the fulfillment of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated our nation’s shortage of allied health care employees and profoundly harmed millions of vulnerable workers - especially women, mothers, and people of color. Workers with less than a high school education have more than double the unemployment rate than the college-educated.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Domenico Sandalo, 46, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine and other drugs. Judge Bryant also ordered Sandalo to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announces today the recipients of Scientific Leadership Awards to the following institutions: Texas A&M University - Kingsville, University of the District of Columbia, Jackson State University, Tennessee...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - An Augusta man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison for a scheme that distributed methamphetamine in the Augusta area.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted new findings by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that a 2019 Trump administration order to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) not to consult with federal stakeholders on many coastal preservation projects has led to...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the hiring of Ryan Hambleton as staff director of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service is happy to announce the arrest of last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week" for New Hampshire. Louis John DiFazio, 64 years-of-age, of Manchester, NH was arrested during the early morning hours by officers from the Manchester Police Department. DiFazio...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Also Stole $16,000 from Church in Travel Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Winnemucca District Office is initiating a 30-day comment period seeking public input on a preliminary environmental assessment for the conveyance of a 5-acre parcel of public land to Humboldt County. The land will be used to construct the new Pueblo Volunteer Fire Station located off Highway 140 and Big Creek Road.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: M. Speaker, I proudly stand in strong support of the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Ten defendants face federal felony firearms charges after indictment by a U.S. District Court grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former pharmacy technician was arrested today for stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On March 10, 2021, Jatinderieet “Jyoti" Sihota, 34, of Selma, was arrested on a federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud for the submission of over $790,000 in fraudulent crop insurance claims, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed today following her arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Keener, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a child pornography charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave opening remarks at a committee hearing on the state of democracy around the world. The committee heard witness testimony from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Under ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor in support of H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021...
