News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A woman has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly straw purchasing handguns in a Chicago suburb on behalf of another individual.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health authorities, Golden Gate National Recreation Area plans to reopen access to Alcatraz Island on March 15. .
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led nine of their SFRC colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution in observance of the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Two experts associated with the EM Nevada Program have been honored with the Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Award in recognition of their service to a DOE complex-wide assessment team.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Alexander Cleveland King, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul and 20 Republican Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2021. This bill would enable Congress to review, and if necessary block, any effort by the Biden Administration to terminate U.S. sanctions against the Iranian regime. This is the House companion to a bill introduced by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in the Senate.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
Release: Today in Brussels, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, and the College of Commissioners to discuss efforts to raise global climate ambition heading into COP26 in Glasgow. After their meetings, they released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: A former Sweetwater business owner plead guilty today to engaging in a $12.3 million wire fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Brian Marchez Byrd, a registered sex offender living in Louisville, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Benjamin Beaton to producing child pornography, transportation of child pornography, and committing a felony against a child by a registered sex offender, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, are pressing top federal agencies for information, including documents, communications and interviews, related to the federal government’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrance Cecil Clark, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Had previous Iowa conviction for a serious felony drug offense in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - One resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Convicted Felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Steven McGee, 51, of Michigan, pled guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on June 7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Jared Andrew Evans and Lakota Ray Scott were sentenced today in federal court in separate domestic violence cases, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston area men are now in custody on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud relating to a pharmacy fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The first wall section is now rising from the ground on the newest mega-sized disposal unit being constructed at EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - On March 7, the Bureau of Land Management Ely District finished aerially seeding 85,944 acres of eastern Nevada’s fire-scarred public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Ransom White, 39, of Lafayette, Louisiana was sentenced by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey 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. As part of the sentence, the Court also ordered White to forfeit $64,367.37 in funds constituting drug proceeds.
