News from March 2021
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Chakota Rowdy Ray Snow, doing business as R&R Cattle Co. and doing business as Rowdy Snow Cattle (Snow) of Oklahoma, on March 3, 2021, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Making elections secure means protecting against ever-evolving threats to information technology - which scans in-person and mail-in ballots, supports voter registration databases and communicates vote tallies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: A felon who escaped from a Waterloo halfway house and was later found with a firearm pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the location or identification of Salim Jamil Ayyash, a senior operative in the assassination unit of the terrorist organization Lebanese Hizballah, or information leading to preventing him from engaging in an act of international terrorism against a U.S. person or U.S. property.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: DENVER - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN). There are 135 full- and 15 part-time positions currently available at DEN. Starting salary is $18.10 per hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to express our deep concerns over the growing humanitarian crisis at our southern border. As U.S. Secretary of State, you play a critical role in addressing the crisis, including through granting Circular-175 authority to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and making...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on March 22, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, Kans. - For 10 days in March, the U.S. Marshals and Topeka Police, working with multiple federal, state and local law enforcement partners, conducted an operation designed to reduce violent crime and drug activity in and around Topeka, resulting in 258 arrests.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the expected release of a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) report on the origins of COVID-19, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement expressing his concerns about the heavy-handed nature of the CCP on the report. Secretary Blinken also expressed concerns on the veracity of the report on CNN’s “State of the Union" on Sunday.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: National Park Service officials announced today the upcoming, full closure of Roanoke River Bridge, at Milepost 114.7, on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a major rehabilitation project. The National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration identified this project as a priority in 2015, as part of the...
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to “prioritize counternarcotics initiatives in light of recent, significant seizures of amphetamines from Syria.".
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) introduced the Securing America's Clean Fuels Infrastructure Act. This bipartisan legislation promote investments in clean vehicle infrastructure, such as electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga.- A Macon, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine after being arrested in an extensive drug trafficking wiretap investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Darin Dawayne Tate, age 42, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Ammunition, in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Sixteen individuals operating a heroin trafficking ring have been convicted and sentenced to federal prison following an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Texas Department of Public Safety, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 37, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for conspiring with others to assist his brother in fleeing to Mexico to avoid prosecution for the murder of Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh during a traffic stop and for possessing false immigration documents. The sentence is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) NorCal and the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $1.8 million in additional funding for COVID-19 response efforts in Utah. To date, FEMA has paid more than $91.3 million in Public Assistance funding for COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020.
