News from March 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of new public use files for the 2018 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS). The RHFS provides measures of financial, mortgage and property characteristics of U.S. residential properties with at least one housing rental unit. It is the only data source that provides a comprehensive picture of mortgage financing for all types of rental properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Ivis Enemecio Ortiz-Reyes, 38, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel to unlawful return of an alien after removal, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, and Michael J. Harrison, Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: LIMA, OH - While cleaning an auger used to rice potatoes, a 39-year-old production worker found her left arm caught in a running auger. The worker suffered multiple lacerations and the partial amputation of her arm. Co-workers had to cut the auger apart to free her arm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Shook, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
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: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Denise Dana Hanson, 59, of McCall, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 140 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Hanson to serve five years of supervised release following her prison sentence. Hanson pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 20, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park vegetation and fire management staff are preparing for a fuel reduction project from March through May 2021. Park staff will implement fuel treatments along Black Rock trails and Covington Flats roads. Crews will be in the area for the next 12 weeks, through the end of May.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced Keith Estep to 120 months in prison today. The 42-year-old House Springs, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Defendants Sentenced on Firearms and Drug Charges.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced a resolution calling for the release of U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Trevor Reed, who is currently being detained as a political prisoner in Russia. The resolution was introduced with bipartisan support from 25 lawmakers, including Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: This morning the Finance Committee meets to tie a bow on Nominations Week with votes on three nominees. For the information of members, we plan to have the votes around 11 a.m., assuming all the members want to make statements. If some members don’t make statements or have shorter statements, we will...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Arrest and Search Warrants Executed at Eight Tulsa Locations.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: Today, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose term ends in June, confirmed the opening of an investigation into the Palestinian situation. The United States firmly opposes and is deeply disappointed by this decision. The ICC has no jurisdiction over this matter. Israel is not...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today announced his support of the For The People Act (H.R. 1) ahead of House passage of the bill, cheering the inclusion of hard-fought provisions to increase voting rights, justice and democracy in the U.S. Territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced Keith Estep to 120 months in prison today. The 42-year-old House Springs, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States, I want to convey my deepest condolences to the family of former Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare and the people of Papua New Guinea on his passing. Prime Minister Somare was a great statesman who guided Papua New Guinea’s independence and truly earned the title “Grand Chief.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Quintel Martins, 27, of Drexel Hill, PA; DeAndre Jackson, 23, of Newark, DE; and Christopher Winfield, 22, of Wilmington, DE; were charged by Indictment with multiple counts of robbery and firearms offenses in connection...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after Democrats passed H.R. 1, the “For the Politicians Act."
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In order to track suspicious packages, oil spills and hazardous substances, or dangerous debris that needs to be cleared from seas and waterways, agents must have highly accurate monitoring systems. To spur development of such technology, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announces today it awarded $153,000 to Morcom International, Inc., a small business based in Chantilly, Virginia.
