News from March 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Brady: No President Has Ever Raised Businesses Taxes to Recover From an Economic Crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Thursday, March 25, 2021 United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Aquinas Lenell Jackson, Sr., age 60, of Coralville, to 70 months in prison for Bank Robbery announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Following his prison term, Jackson, Sr. was ordered to serve three years of supervised release as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Israel Relations Normalization ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Anderson, South Carolina---- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Michael Lambert Seabrooke, 37, formerly of Barnwell, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of explosive devices and two counts of malicious damage and attempt to damage by means of explosive materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, woman has been sentenced in federal court for her role in leading a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin in Greene County, Mo.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a public negotiation session with Central Valley Project Cross Valley contractors for a water-service contract conversion. The date and time of the teleconference-only negotiations are as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Justin Latronica (31, Orange Park) to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a child under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity. Latronica was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and register as a sex offender following his release from prison. Latronica was arrested on Jan. 25, 2020, and was ordered detained throughout the proceedings in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Johnny Lee Smith (43, Pensacola) today pleaded guilty to one count of a superseding indictment charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
Release: The Department of State Antiterrorism Assistance Program (ATA) plans to facilitate the first-ever West Africa Joint Operations (WAJO) regional exercise in late March 2021, designed to connect counterterrorism investigators with their judicial counterparts in three nations.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Tommy Baxley, doing business as Tri State Cattle Marketing (Baxley) of Alabama, on March 5, 2021, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Lift Up Received Nearly $300,000 for COVID-19 Testing Already Paid for by Clients at For-Profit Clinics.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Ariana Fajardo Orshan makes the following statement to the residents of South Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service has released for review the Sediment Management Framework Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that D.G. Construction and Hauling, LLC and the U.S. Department of Labor, with DOJ local counsel, have reached a settlement of a civil action filed on August 5, 2020 in the United States District Court for the Western District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Eight people were arrested in Kern County today following a months-long investigation into a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that attempted to smuggle hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. A ninth defendant is in custody in Chico, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, and representatives from their partner law enforcement agencies announced today an update on their criminal enforcement efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Abdulkawi Al Shuaibi, 47, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to theft of government property. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man previously convicted of multiple felonies was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Former CEO and Founder of Technology Company Sentenced for his Role in Investment-Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the unsealed Indictment of STEVE C. MERGEY, age 51, of Houma, Louisiana, who was charged on Friday, March 19, 2021, in a two-count federal indictment for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States...
