News from March 2021
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition seeking new tools to evaluate the condition of fiber-reinforced polymer composite structures non-destructively. These composites are found in pipelines, tanks and other specialized infrastructure components.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lisa G. Johnston will serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Ordered to pay $32,500 in Restitution to the Oklahoma City Zoo.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $595,654 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Colorado State University (CSU), Grand Junction, Colorado, to launch the Planning and Technical Support to Diversify Colorado Economic Opportunities program. This EDA grant will be matched with $150,212 in local investment.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Richard Gresham d/b/a H&D Cattle Company (Gresham) of Cushing, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men have been ordered to federal prison for decades following their more than a dozen convictions of drug crimes, carjacking, robbery and firearms offenses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery along with Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI - San Antonio Division and Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging James Oliver Young, 52, of Rochester, NY, with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, conspiracy to produce child pornography, and production and receipt of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) was sentenced on March 1, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - Senior United States District Court Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. sentenced David Miller, 40 years old, of Morganfield, Kentucky to fifteen years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and four separate instances...
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
Release: The United States and Japan held bilateral security discussions by video teleconference on March 4, 2021. These discussions provided an opportunity for our two governments to demonstrate the strength and continued resilience of the U.S.-Japan Alliance. Participants exchanged views on the Indo-Pacific...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant failed to register the devices or comply with regulations.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 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 introduced new legislation authorizing the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) program to combat the growing threat of terrorism in the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - Senior United States District Court Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. sentenced David Miller, 40 years old, of Morganfield, Kentucky to fifteen years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and four separate instances ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: White Supremacists Plead Guilty to Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - A Burke County man has admitted taking part in an operation that distributed methamphetamine after investigators discovered the scheme through delivery of a commercial pill press.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Texas men pleaded guilty this week to violent gang-related activities in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei and Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) penned an exclusive letter to the editor for the Wall Street Journal. The letter denounces Democrats’ most recent attempt to limit educational choices for students and veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Kareem A. Salem (619) 546-8904 and Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and Social Security Office of the Inspector General want you to know about widespread phone scams where callers impersonate government officials.
