News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
Release: Ten years ago, Japan suffered unimaginable tragedy following the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident on March 11, 2011. The United States stands in solidarity with Japan to remember those lost and still missing, and to honor the resilience of the Japanese people who rebuilt their homes, their livelihoods, and their communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 4, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal criminal complaint charged Jonathan Davis with one count of Hobbs Act Robbery. Davis, a 21-year-old St. Louis resident, appeared in court today for his initial appearance in front of United States Magistrate Judge Nannette A. Baker.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Interference with Commerce by Robbery (Hobbs Act) was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition and failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Michael Wayne Zephier, age 40, of Yankton, South Dakota, was found guilty of Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Yanio Montes De Oca, age 33, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to launder funds derived from a nationwide gas station skimming scheme that involved stealing the banking and personal information of residents of Upstate and Central New York who used the “pay at the pump" feature to make gasoline purchases.
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
Release: The Department of State has designated the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Mozambique (ISIS-Mozambique) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ronald Weslee Spears, age 58, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(6), 1151 and 1152, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
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 DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Today, House Democrats passed the Senate-amended partisan budget reconciliation scheme, which allows only nine percent of $1.9 trillion to go toward COVID-19 related public health initiatives, while the rest funds Democrat pet projects. Following the vote, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued this statement...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, March 17, at 1 p.m. (EDT) on Medicaid in the U.S. territories. The hearing is entitled, “Averting a Crisis: Protecting Access to Health Care in the U.S. Territories."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
Release: For the past five weeks, the people of Burma have taken to the streets to protest peacefully and voice their aspirations for a return to democracy and the rule of law. In response, Burmese security forces - at the behest of military leaders - have brutally and lethally attacked unarmed protesters, killing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Frank William Robertson Perry, age 39, of Dundalk, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2021, to illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Perry admitted that he is an adherent of the Boogaloo Movement. “Boogaloo" is a term referencing a violent uprising or...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report illustrating the far-reaching, costly effects that climate change is expected to have on the U.S. electricity sector. The report recommends that the federal government prioritize investments in climate-resilient electricity infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY. - United States District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings sentenced Brad Lee Schuhmann today to two years’ probation, six months home detention, sex offender registration, and a $2000 fine announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett. Schuhmann, 32, originally of Louisville...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Frank William Robertson Perry, age 39, of Dundalk, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2021, to illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Perry admitted that he is an adherent of the Boogaloo Movement. “Boogaloo" is a term referencing a violent uprising or ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Omer Sagheer, 48, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher to 12 months’ and one day imprisonment for wire fraud. After his release from prison, Sagheer will begin a three-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Restitution in the amount of $232,390.39 was paid in full.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Aaron McKinney, a.k.a “Dinosaur," 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
