News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ashley Marie Seal, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months of incarceration for her role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey cardiologist today admitted unlawfully prescribing thousands of Oxycodone pills, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 5, 2021, United States Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Christopher Jones, age 54, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, to three years of probation for tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: New York - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) took into custody March 2 two high-profile fugitive drug traffickers wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York (USAO SDNY).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia and Ranking Member Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson of Pennsylvania announced the rosters for the six subcommittees of the House Agriculture Committee today in Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: The newest exhibit in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery features 26 detailed botanical illustrations of the fruits, nuts and seeds of some of Florida’s native plants. Fruition, created by the Tropical Botanic Artists, is on display daily from 9AM-5PM through June 6. On Sunday...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandon Edward Bridges, age 24, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, and 2 years of supervised release for Child Neglect in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153 and Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 843.5(C). The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: DENVER, CO - The National Park Service (NPS) is initiating a stakeholder engagement process as part of the interpretive planning process for Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Manhattan Project NHP). The NPS is seeking broad public participation in a series of virtual stakeholder engagement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robert L. Lemons, age 33, of Idabel, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment for Felon In Possession of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael Joseph Taylor, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to three years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for failure to register as a sex offender, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management today released its Calendar Year 2021 Mission and Priorities, a key marker to the program’s continuing success in addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons production and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Richmond man today for possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Seth D. DuCharme is resigning as Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York effective March 19, 2021. Mr. DuCharme has served in the position as chief federal law enforcement officer for the district comprising Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in New York City, and Nassau and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Aaron John Lane, 57, of Boise, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 300 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Lane to pay a $3,000 fine and to serve 20 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Lane pleaded guilty to the charge on December 7, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Secretary Scott de la Vega regarding three national monument boundaries and conditions. In part, Westerman wrote.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Chief Judge Kristi DuBose sentenced defendant Bryan Thompson, 44, to 35 years imprisonment on a charge of production of child pornography and a charge of distribution of child pornography. Thompson pled guilty to the charges in December 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and House Energy and Commerce Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: San Francisco, CA - Over eighty years ago, San Franciscans, with the help of the federal WPA, realized a decades-old dream: building a palace for the people on the City’s northern waterfront. On Saturday, March 13th, 11:00 am, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park salutes that legacy with the...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott announced several staffing additions and promotions for the Democratic staff of the House Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA -U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on March 5, 2021 three pleaded guilty related to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center, bringing the total number of defendants convicted in this matter to 19.
