News from March 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Agents seized over 40 kilograms of cocaine, 14 kilograms of heroin and more than $1 million in cash.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: PORTLAND, Maine. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across the state of Maine to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer in, ,, and and at.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Defendant, Arrested As A Fugitive In A Pending Fraud Prosecution, Is Indicted Again For A Different Fraud Scheme Involving Medical Device Loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: A Cedar Falls, Iowa, man who led Waterloo police officers on a high-speed chase on March 6, 2020, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Massachusetts to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions at and Nantucket Memorial Airport by summer.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: Around the world, landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive hazards remain a persistent threat to life, limb, and livelihood. These explosive hazards also hinder post-conflict stabilization efforts and the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance.

By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: In March 2021, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs will highlight women in our bureau advancing U.S. foreign policy and national security efforts in the United States and across Europe. Since 1995, U.S. presidents have issued an annual proclamation designating the month of March as “Women’s History ...

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 Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Productivity, Not Partisanship, Protects Natural Resources.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Stephen R. Kaufman, First Assistant to former United States Attorney Scott W. Brady, has been named Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania effective today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Bucksport man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSHUA BESAW, 37, of Thompson, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 240 months of imprisonment, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, a federal magistrate judge in Ft. Lauderdale ordered South Florida pediatrician Michael Mizrachy, 49, of Parkland, Florida, held without bond pending trial on a federal charge of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Recognizing an increase in opioid overdose deaths during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its 20th Take Back Day scheduled for Saturday, April 24. DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unwanted and unused prescription medications during the last...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, requested information from the Internal Revenue Service regarding implementation of the House Democrats’ proposed child tax...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, CA - Each year, Point Reyes National Seashore protects its harbor seal, western snowy plover, and seabird populations by instituting closures during their pupping or nesting seasons. This is year is no exception.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will conduct prescribed burning to create fuel breaks on BLM-managed public lands along Garland and Doe Mill roads in Butte County, on March 3 and 4, as part of the ongoing Butte Forest Thin Project. The project area, roughly 220 acres...
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.