News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Aleef Jamar Nicks, 39, of Charlotte, to 108 months in prison yesterday, on drug trafficking and firearm charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Bell also ordered Nicks to serve three years under court supervision after completing his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Center for Explosives Training and Research, in partnership with the U.S. Army Headquarters, Department of the Army G-38 - Explosive Ordnance Disposal, announces the 2021 Raven's Challenge Interoperability Exercise, a national ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Today, Congressional leaders wrote a letter to the Biden Administration urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to update ventilation and respiratory protection guidance and standards to address aerosol transmission of the...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Today, Congressional leaders wrote a letter to the Biden Administration urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to update ventilation and respiratory protection guidance and standards to address aerosol transmission of the...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. - Gulf Islands National Seashore Acting Superintendent Steve McCoy has released the annual Superintendent’s Compendium for 2021. The compendium is a comprehensive listing of how federal regulations and policies are implemented at the national seashore. Each year, the park management team reviews the compendium and makes changes based on changing conditions, operations, resource issues and community and visitor comments received throughout the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 1, 2021 - A Nashville man, who was unknowingly captured on an in-car video system making his getaway after carjacking another man, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court, to 117 months in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation community national #FlySafe campaign helps educate airmen about safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Possessed a Rifle and Two Loaded Handguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Seneca Smith, 36, of Huntington, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Arcadia Zorrilla Hernández, Correctional Officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo, PR, was indicted and arrested for providing contraband in prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow. The FBI is in charge of the investigation in collaboration with the Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Armstrong, of Terra Alta, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for sending pornography to a minor, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) and Wright Brothers National Memorial had the highest levels of visitation in January 2021 than any other January on record.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Christopher Moore, 47, from Detroit, Michigan, and currently living in Jackson County, West Virginia, pled guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - 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 USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: The government of Kenya has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) for consumption into the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Deputy United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen announced that SAP Public Services, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States more than $2.2 Million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay required fees on contracts it signed pursuant to agreements with the United States General Services Administration (GSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A former executive vice president of a Chicago staffing company was sentenced today in federal court for assisting a factory owner with the hiring of undocumented workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Derrick Pritchett, 37, of Huntington, was sentenced to a total of 36 months in prison for his conviction for a drug offense and a violation of supervised release. Pritchett previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Fourth Domain Name Seized In Less Than Three Months That Used Similar Names, Trademarked Logos, and Graphics of Actual Companies to Create Fraudulent Websites in Order to Obtain Personal Information of Victims and Illegally Profit from the Pandemic.
