News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Gregory Scott Broce, 50, of Huntington, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Deshawn Maceo Richardson (27, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Richardson to forfeit a Glock.40 caliber pistol and ammunition. Richardson had pleaded guilty on Oct. 07, 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Two truck drivers for an Oklahoma City roofing and building products company reported to a manager that the tires on a company truck were unsafe. Concerned about their own safety and that of others on the road, the two drivers refused to operate vehicles with unsafe tires. They were terminated in August 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - With opioid overdose deaths increasing across the Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia during the pandemic, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Washington Division announces the 20th Drug Take Back Day scheduled for April 24th.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, AK - Effective today, Bryan Wilson begins serving as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska. Mr. Wilson, who has served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska since November 2017, assumes the position as Acting U.S. Attorney by virtue of the Vacancies Reform Act.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2021. Closures are implemented due to the falcon’s sensitivity to disturbance during the nesting season. If disturbed, the nesting pair may abandon their nest...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Site Manager Chris Beagan selected Kate Hanson Plass as the new Archivist at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site and John F. Kennedy National Historic Site. Hanson Plass begins her new role on March 14, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Outdoor island experiences provided refuge from the pandemic for over 167,000 visitors to Channel Islands National Park in 2020. The number represents a 59% decrease from the previous year due largely to temporary park closures and restrictions implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Kristina Coleman, 40, of Hudson, was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products and unlawfully obtaining controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Priscilla Czyz, age 37, of Cato, New York, was sentenced today to 6 months of probation for obstructing the mail, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, United States Postal Service-Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG), Northeast Area Field Office.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY20 IRF: Expanding Religious Tolerance in Mozambique. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007718. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - Gulf Islands National Seashore has completed storm damage assessments and all facilities (dock, pier, boardwalk, restrooms, pavilions, snack bar, and Fort Massachusetts) on Ship Island remain closed due to extensive damage. The island will reopen March 1, 2021 for private boats to anchor offshore, skiff ashore, or beach small boats, and enjoy the beaches.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced its 20th Take Back Day scheduled for April 24, 2021. At its last Take Back Day in October, DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Also Agrees to Pay More than $500,000 in Restitution to IRS.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education by a bipartisan vote of 64-33. In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Albert Paulin, 34, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 61 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Ray Donald Farley, 38, alias Ray Donald Lucero, Jr., of Wyoming, was sentenced March 1 to 150 years in prison for three counts of the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Smithfield man Friday of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and of a minor; sex trafficking by force fraud and coercion; sex trafficking of a minor; using the internet to promote a prostitution business enterprise (ITAR); and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: A man who displayed a firearm at a female victim at a Motel 6 in Waterloo, Iowa, in an attempt to dissuade her from contacting law enforcement, was sentenced on Friday to more than eight years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men will make their initial court appearances today after being arrested and charged in connection with a drug distribution conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
