News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Jared Trent Atkins, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 15 years in prison, followed by twelve years of supervised release. Atkins previously pleaded guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: 14-year-old child led buyer to drugs in Roslindale apartment shared with a preschooler.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Three members of a Lewistown family were sentenced today for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking scheme in which meth was sent from California to Lewistown for distribution, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: How DOE Prepares for Any and All Hazards | Clear Path VIII Outcomes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Drew Jerome Beck, 28, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, pleaded guilty on March 2 in federal court to domestic assault by a habitual offender. Beck will remain in custody pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - As part of the federal response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan is reminding landlords of their obligations and tenants of their rights under the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Order temporarily halting residential evictions of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant Ordered a “Hit" on the Person He Believed Had Cooperated with Law Enforcement Investigating his Drug Distribution Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Darius Thomas for Murder out of the state of Indiana.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nomination of the Honorable Debra Haaland to be the secretary of the interior and to approve subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress. Barrasso voted to oppose Haaland’s nomination.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Rep. Peter DeFazio, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the following statement after today’s bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian-Piedmont-Coastal Zone fire management staff plan to conduct a 175-acre prescribed burn along the park boundary in Wears Valley to the Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area. The burn will take place between Monday, March 8 through Thursday, March 11, depending on weather. Prescribed burn operations are expected to take two days.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Avoided Tax Withholdings on her Payroll Checks and Conspired to File Fraudulent Tax Returns, Resulting in Refunds to Which She Was Not Entitled and Avoiding Over $121,000 in Total Taxes Due.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service has issued guidance applicable to concessioners, commercial use authorization holders and leaseholders on wearing masks in national parks during the corona virus pandemic. That information is available on the Public Health Information for the Park Partner Community website. Operators should access these materials to understand National Park Service requirements and guidelines applicable to their operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “America Reports" on Fox News today to discuss the current crisis occurring at the southern border stemming from President Biden’s open borders policies. Ranking Member Comer noted container facilities holding...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced John Koeln to 24 months in prison today. The 37-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in October, to wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a three-count indictment was unsealed charging Jacob Daskal with coercing a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travelling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Daskal was arrested today and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Washington woman who admitted trafficking methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and in Great Falls was sentenced on March 3 to seven years in prison and five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in introducing the Foreign Influence Transparency Act, which would require organizations, such as the Chinese government-run Confucius Institutes, to register under the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tiago Mello-Lima, 34, a Brazilian citizen living in Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to bringing aliens to the United States for commercial advantage or private financial gain. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of three years in prison, a maximum of 10 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Mauna Loa Road, Hilina Pali Road, the Kīpukapuaulu turnabout and Nāmakanipaio Campground and cabin access roads are all slated for roadside vegetation management and pavement preservation work. The “TLC" will require extended road closures and/or single-lane closures that start Thursday, March 4 and last through April 19. See the schedule below.
