News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Lakisha Swope and Treisha Pearson have been arraigned on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering after allegedly participating in a scheme to steal over $3.5 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced its 20th Take Back Day scheduled for April 24. At its last Take Back Day in October, DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the U.S. Capitol Police FY 2022 Budget.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: TORREY, UT - Outdoor experiences provided refuge from the pandemic for 237 million visitors to America’s national parks in 2020. The number represents a 28% decrease from the previous year due largely to temporary park closures and restrictions implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Capitol...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Dougherty and his nephew allegedly used violence and threats.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park hosted 3,289,639 recreation visits in 2020, the fourth highest number of recreation visits for one year in the park’s history. During 2020 the park was closed for almost two months, March 24-May 18, due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to 2019, total recreation visits decreased by only 3.4%, despite the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - 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: St. Thomas, USVI - Akeem Julien, 25, of St. Thomas, appeared before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in District Court and entered a guilty plea to the charge of Possessing a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 3, 2021-The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and HeroX today announced the grand prize winners of a competition that invited the public to submit innovative solutions to preserve the flavor of catfish and prevent the blue-green algae that delays U.S. catfish harvesting.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Businessman Indicted for Not Reporting Foreign Bank Accounts and Filing False Documents with the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Waterbury State’s Attorney Maureen Platt, Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England 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 Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) providing new evidence of illegal e-cigarette sales, and urging immediate action to remove all flavored e-cigarette products sold by Puff Bar from the market and prosecute violators.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 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 call demanding money or asking for personal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Demethius Dixon, also known as Deezy, 29, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel to 120 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for carrying and using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, resulting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Darren Antonyo Mazie, 35, of Vicksburg, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kristi H. Johnson to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Michelle Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, RANDY LEW WILLIAMS, 58, of Edmond, was sentenced to serve more than three years in federal prison for illegally shipping firearms to the Middle East, in addition to two other firearms violations, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at the second joint oversight hearing to examine the security failures that led to a breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Officials...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Pea Ridge National Military Park Construction, Partial Trail Closures, and Detour.
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: Memphis, TN - Antonio Buffington, 45, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Acting United States Attorney announced the sentence today.
