News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Fayetteville man yesterday on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Waterbury State’s Attorney Maureen Platt, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo today announced that 17 individuals have been charged with federal offenses related to the distribution of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Waterbury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Indianapolis - Acting United States Attorney John E. Childress announced today that two Indianapolis men were indicted for the theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer. Twin brothers, Tayveon Majors, 18, Indianapolis and Jayveon Majors, 18, were indicted today by a federal grand jury for the theft of 10 firearms from 500 Guns, a gun store located in Speedway.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration announces its 20th Take Back Day is scheduled for April 24th. At its last Take Back Day in October, DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unwanted, and unused prescription medications, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hawthorne-based physician has settled allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by receiving kickbacks and other improper payments in exchange for referring patients to Memorial Hospital of Gardena, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: UPDATED March 5, 2021: For clarification, neither the defendant nor the victim was an employee of or affiliated with the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, DERRICK ESTES, age 41, resident of Orleans Parish, was charged in a four-count indictment for alleged drug and gun violations. These violations occurred on Jan. 17, 2021 and Feb. 1, 2021. In Count 1 of...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Secretary of State Tony Blinken, welcome to the NewsHour. Thank you very much for joining us. The world looks a lot more complicated today, I think it’s fair to say, than it did just a few months ago. There are problems bubbling up just about everywhere. And in your statement today, you made a clear focus on American workers right here at home. Explain how that connects to what the U.S. challenges are around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man from a north suburb of Chicago was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a foreign terrorist organization also known as ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, and Galen Blanton, Regional Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Criminal Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Narcotics and guns seized this morning during joint operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of a widespread fraud scheme in which telephone scammers impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money or steal personal identifiable information. A new public service announcement aims to raise awareness that DEA will never phone demanding money or asking for personal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of a widespread fraud scheme in which telephone scammers impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money or steal personal identifiable information. A new public service announcement aims to raise awareness that DEA will never phone demanding money or asking for personal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Darius Augusto Guzman Ruiz, 29, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 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), issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s secretarial order to rescind the Trump administration’s order Promoting Open Science. The Trump administration’s order required the publication of scientific data used to make regulatory decisions.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: [new]. Thursday, March 11, 2021 -- 9:00 AM. Hybrid Hearing - 1300 Longworth and via Cisco Webex. Washington, D.C. Full Committee on Agriculture Hearing. RE: "A Look at Food Insecurity in America". A livestream of the hearing can be found here. *NOTE: **House Office Buildings are closed to the public.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Statement of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) regarding the results of a Department of Transportation Inspector General investigation released today by the Committee Majority...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jordan Allen Williams, 25, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 12 years in prison today on carjacking and firearms offenses, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. also ordered Williams to serve five years of supervised release upon completion of the prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Illinois man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a foreign terrorist organization (aka ISIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments against Joseph Bella, 48, of Buffalo, NY. A superseding indictment charges the defendant with possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing cocaine; maintaining...
