News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 48-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to distribute 243 grams of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Max Paul Levine, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 235 months of incarceration for the interstate transport of a minor for sex, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Old West Export Inc., Visalia, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: A Canadian man was sentenced today to 71 months imprisonment after having pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and to unlawful entry into the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against four Houston men for allegedly stealing approximately $80,000 from a bank ATM technician in San Antonio last month, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A man admitted murder and firearms charges today in the fatal shooting of a woman and injury of a passenger in her vehicle along Blue Creek Road on the Crow Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park Jenny Lake Rangers and the Teton Interagency Helitack Team were recently awarded the 2020 National Park Service Tom Clausing All-Risk Program Award. This national award recognizes work and interaction with others while rendering all-risk services, promotes innovation and professionalism and advances aviation all-risk programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Lawrence, MA, man, one of nine individuals indicted by a federal grand jury in Providence, RI, in July 2020, for their alleged participation in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in several states, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Providence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing several firearms, including the firearm used in a drive-by shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Spencer Katsohis, 28, of Nashua, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: A 26-year-old man from Belfast, Maine was flown by helicopter off an icy vertical face of the Precipice Trail on March 3. The Precipice is a rugged non-technical climb in good weather conditions with open cliff faces and iron rungs. It was the first time to Acadia for this visitor, who did not have any type of crampons or traction control devices.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today pressed senior officials from national security, law enforcement and defense agencies about breakdowns in intelligence gathering, security preparations and the delayed response...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing, titled “Health Profession Opportunity Grants; Past Successes and Future Uses," on Wednesday, March 10, at 2:00 PM EST.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Nashville, TN - A coordinated effort to identify and locate missing children across Tennessee has led to the recovery of 150 missing children by the United States Marshals Service, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS), and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI).
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 State Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate all Bulgarians on the occasion of your National Day.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: DETROIT - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), in cooperation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Delta Air Lines, is beginning a new round of testing of a biometric facial comparison technology at the TSA checkpoint to verify the identity of select Delta Air Lines SkyMiles® members who are Trusted Travelers, which includes TSA PreCheck® and CBP Global Entry, Nexus and Sentri members.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, warned passage of the pending budget reconciliation bill could trigger massive cuts in farm support programs - potentially zeroing out all farm program spending over the next five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert Joseph Maher, 42, formerly of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to single counts of mail fraud and aggravated identify theft in connection with an unemployment insurance benefits fraud and identity theft scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
