News from March 2021
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: Dante Watts previously convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Williamsburg, Ky., man, Amos Sparkman, 25, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, to the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Travis Joseph Crawford, age 33, of Edgewood, Maryland, for production and possession of child pornography and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Quadeim Mack (a.k.a. “Matt"), 20, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III to 48 months of imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was indicted by a grand jury in connection with his alleged involvement in an unlicensed money transmission business that exchanged cash for Bitcoin for individuals represented to be involved in unlawful trafficking in counterfeit goods.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.5 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Tennessee prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the U.S.-Bulgaria relationship as the country begins the official campaigning period for parliamentary elections:
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park announces the upcoming release of videos showcasing unseen areas of the Glorieta Pass battlefield as part of this year’s Civil War Encampment. The videos highlight areas protected by Pecos National Historical Park that were integral to the 1862 battle including Camp Lewis, Sharpshooter’s Ridge and Cañoncito. They will be shared on social media during the week of March 22nd.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management’s Safford Field Office released an environmental analysis proposing to acquire 2,800 acres of privately owned land northeast of the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness from a willing seller. The 30-day public comment period for the proposed acquisition ends April 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm following a brief armed standoff with police officers and a foot chase.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an amended administrative complaint against North Pacific Canners and Packers Inc., doing business as NORPAC Foods Inc. (NORPAC) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). This complaint supersedes and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Elmer Curtis Jones, 31, of Canton, Ohio, was sentenced to 270 months imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge John R. Adams after a jury found him guilty of four counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
Release: DETROIT. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Michigan to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer at Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke man, who used an online chat website to engage in sexually explicit conversations with a 12-year-old child and later induced the victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct over video chat, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court here to 150 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) this week predicted cherry blossom peak bloom will occur between April 2-5, 2021. The public is encouraged to virtually experience the cherry blossoms this year to help avoid crowding at the Tidal Basin and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former U.S. government official agreed to pay $33,000 to resolve allegations that she had an improper conflict of interest with a company while she served as a division chief at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: A 29-year-old Claremore woman has been indicted in federal court for producing child pornography involving her young child, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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 Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct a prescribed burn in the Deer Haven area, approximately 15 miles northwest of Cañon City, south of High Park Road, and west of County Road 69 in northern Fremont County.
