News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - March 1, 2021. SAN DIEGO - Randy Grossman, who has served as second-in-command at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, began his term as acting U.S. Attorney today. Mr. Grossman stated, “I am honored to serve as the Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal jury today convicted two defendants in a long-running investigation into a prescription drug billing scheme involving a Haleyville, Ala.-based pharmacy, Northside Pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment for the proposed “Lower Musselshell River Acquisition Project" located in Petroleum and Garfield counties. The due date for comments is March 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: A North Dallas tax return preparer was sentenced to 3½ years in prison and ordered to pay $11.9 million in restitution for filing fraudulent income tax returns, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) announced a $4 million Lab call today to address the risks of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbance (GMD)...
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 Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A former executive vice president of a Chicago staffing company was sentenced Monday in federal court for assisting an area sheet metal company with the hiring of undocumented workers.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much, Secretary-General Guterres. Foreign Minister Cassis, Foreign Minister Linde, Under-Secretary-General Lowcock, everyone in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for bringing us together today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A United States Forest Service employee was arrested this morning on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with illegally directing nearly $900,000 in no-bid Forest Service vehicle repair and maintenance work to a San Bernardino County auto body repair shop that illicitly paid him more than $360,000 in bribes and kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - William T. Stetzer has been named as the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, following the departure of U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray on Feb. 28, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ politicization of Governor Ron DeSantis’ efforts to ensure seniors have access to the COVID-19 vaccine...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A former employee of the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty last week in United States District Court in Abingdon to stealing mail containing medication that was intended for United States Veterans, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Gunner Nathaniel Speed, 25, of Wesson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Jack P. Stanton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced that Esteban G. Morales, age 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court after his arrest in a drug trafficking sting operation. Morales was convicted on charges of methamphetamine and cocaine distribution. Senior United States District...
