News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: In Alpine today, 26-year-old Devon Portillo admitted to lying to FBI agents during an investigation into the source of a racist text message purportedly sent by Portillo’s election opponent, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis Quesada, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Sold methamphetamine to a federal agent on numerous occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 54-year-old resident of Fort Meade, Florida, has pleaded guilty in Laredo federal court to conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Bradley Knirnschild, 27, of Kissimmee, Florida, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to two years in federal prison for interstate transportation of stolen goods, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Knirnschild to pay nearly $15,000 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Knirnschild pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 17, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hundred, West Virginia, has been sentenced in federal court to time served and 3 years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiring to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and other drugs, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - National Park Service officials were informed by the Medical Examiner’s Office today that the body located in the park Friday morning was that of Jason Hartwell, a 43-year-old man. Mr. Hartwell was living in Draper, Utah.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL Programs for Protection of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007615. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Donna Gunn will present her program “Music on the Trail: Where American Folk Songs Meet Classical Art Music" in a virtual, online format on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1 pm Mountain Daylight Time. This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, the Black Hills...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - With new revelations that political aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deliberately interfered with state public health officials in order to mask the true magnitude of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state, Republican Congressional leaders urged their House Democrat counterparts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was arrested this week in connection with allegedly possessing over three pounds of methamphetamine and two firearms found in his residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Melissa Dawn Bailey, of Cabins, West Virginia, was arraigned today on drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging four Ecuadorian nationals after they were intercepted on the Pacific Ocean while traveling on unflagged vessels with over 700 kilograms of cocaine.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kaine ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Our Nation’s critical infrastructure is vital to keeping our communities safe and secure. U.S. critical infrastructure includes the transportation that moves us, the water we drink, and the energy we use in our homes, businesses, and emergency services. Without these services, the effects on national security, economic security, and national public health and safety would be devastating.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Richol Griner, age 44, of Washington, DC, was sentenced on March 4, 2021, to 18 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for possessing Suboxone while serving a prior prison term as an inmate at a federal correctional institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Lakshmikanth Sripuram, age 37, of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, pled guilty today to wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme to defraud New York State.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Man Used Fists and Helmet to Shatter Glass Panels of Door Leading to Speaker's Lobby.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore invites public review and comment on a Site Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA) for improvements at Oregon Inlet Marina (also known as Oregon Inlet Fishing Center).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mario Ipsolino Pineda-Boteo, age 35, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today to time served (196 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States and escaping the custody of United States officers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: St. John, USVI - On Feb. 22, Mr. Scott Simmons began a 6-month assignment as Deputy Superintendent of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument. Simmons recently completed his second year as one of the National Park Service’s (NPS) Bevinetto Fellows. This past year...
