News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Roger Karlsson defrauded more than 3,500 victims of more than $16 million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to welcome six new members to serve three-year terms on the Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC). Members have been appointed based on their interest and expertise in public land management.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his role in an investment scheme that defrauded investors of $5.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A portfolio manager and senior independent executive advisor at a Secaucus-based real estate fund was charged with using a sham loan document to defraud an investor of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A Bowie County sex offender has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Defendant previously convicted twice in state court for failing to register as sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former Leader of the Massachusetts Department of Correction Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Huxtable’s violated section 2(4) of the PACA by failing to pay $551,829 to six sellers for produce purchased, received and accepted in interstate and foreign commerce from October 2015 to May 2016. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Arthur Jay Traxler, Jr. (55, Monroe, MI) today pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Traxler faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Traxler has been detained since his initial arrest in Michigan on November 9, 2020. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged four Central Ohioans in a narcotics conspiracy involving bulk quantities of fentanyl, crack, cocaine and methamphetamine. Three of the four defendants have also been charged federally in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy related to illegally receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. -The former national president of Project Linus, Carol Babbitt, 61, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing money from the not-for-profit organization. Project Linus provides handmade blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or in need. Babbitt, currently...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Michael Fields, 34, and Desiree Adorno, 65, both of Philadelphia, PA, were arrested and charged by Indictment for their alleged attempt to rob a Wawa in Philadelphia with multiple explosive devices. Fields made his initial appearance in federal court today, and Adorno is scheduled to make her initial appearance in federal court on Monday.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: San Antonio, TX - Outdoor experiences at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park provided refuge from the pandemic for over 1.14 million visitors in 2020. The number represents an 11% decrease from the previous year due to the coronavirus pandemic. On average, national park sites across the United States experienced a 28% decrease in visitation in 2020 as compared to 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Forney, age 41, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day imprisonment followed by one year supervised release and a $40,000 fine by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on four counts of tax evasion.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Guard Bureau have announced they are seeking public scoping comments on a proposal by the Idaho Army National Guard to expand military training onto about 20 square miles of public land west of Mountain Home and adjacent to the existing Orchard Combat Training Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Possessed over 448,000 depictions of child pornography.
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 EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MAURICIO SANTOS-RIVERA, age 34, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced on March 4, 2021 after pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326.
