News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jahmeek Croley, a.k.a. “Meeker," age 33, of Albany, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that a federal jury in Lincoln, Nebraska, returned a guilty verdict today against Drake L. Banks, Sr., age 30, of St. Louis, Missouri, for possessing firearms while being an unlawful user of controlled substances. Today’s verdict subjects Banks to a potential prison term of up to ten years. Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard presided over the trial and set sentencing for June 4, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Taylon Batista Garcia, of Florida, has admitted to his involvement in the theft of campers from a business in Elkins, West Virginia, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Shreveport businessman, Michael Ray Carr, Jr., 39, with concealment of bankruptcy estate assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Used embezzled funds to pay personal expenses and child support.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Innovative Educational Programs, LLC to Pay $1.185 Million to Resolve Claims Under the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Harold Broome Jr., 39, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 181 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: Washington - The COVID-19 public health and economic crisis is bigger than any other we’ve seen in our lifetimes - while the pandemic has forced the U.S. economy into crisis, millions of Americans are struggling with food insecurity, unemployment, and falling behind on housing payments. Hunger has increased throughout the pandemic, with as many as 30 million adults and 12 million children living in a household where they may not always get enough to eat.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: National Park Service Superintendent Nancy Hendricks announced record visitation of 356,492 visitors in 2020. This is an increase of 62,535 visitors over the previous year. “This past year has proven to us how important the outdoors is to our health and well-being," said Superintendent Hendricks. Most...
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 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 Library of Congress FY 2022 Budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Michael S. Frawley was sentenced to 150 months in prison for conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine and K2 controlled substances (Schedule I synthetic cannabinoids) while on federal supervised release in 2018, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Both Used and Sold Marijuana. A man who illegally possessed a gun was sentenced March 1, 2021, to more than three years in federal prison. Thomas James Masengarb Vesey, age 21, from Hiawatha, Iowa, received the prison term after a Sept. 17, 2020 guilty plea to being a drug user in possession of...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. My fellow Americans, five weeks ago I was sworn in as your Secretary of State. My job is to represent the United States to the world, to fight for the interests and values of the American people. When President Biden asked me to serve, he made sure that I understood that...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man who participated in the March 2019 robbery of a bar during which a U.S. Army serviceman was wounded has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison.
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 Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Fire Management Officials at Zion National Park declared the South Entrance Fire "out" on March 3, 2021. The human caused wildland fire burned four and a half acres on the afternoon of Feb. 24, 2021. The fire was located near the South Campground and entrance of Zion National Park in Springdale and was one of several human caused fire starts over the past week in Southern Utah. Visitors are reminded that conditions are dry in the low elevations.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville Dentist who prescribed controlled substances after being suspended by the Kentucky Board of Dentistry (KBD) has been charged by federal criminal complaint, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett. Paul William Yaggie, DMD, 48, of Louisville, Kentucky has been charged with prescribing hydrocodone and oxycodone in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841.
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.
