News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman made her initial court appearance yesterday for allegedly lying on a federal form to make a straw purchase of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Allegedly conspired with two Indiana gun dealers to acquire over 200 fully automatic weapons and re-sell them at a profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men from Pharr have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Michael Glenn Chope (57, Orange Park) to 60 years in federal prison for using a minor child to produce sexually explicit images. Chope was arrested on April 3, 2019, and was ordered detained throughout the proceedings in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Four men were sentenced to prison today for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Sherod Tucker to 80 months in prison today. The 32-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: In alignment with President Biden’s plan to respond to COVID-19, FEMA Region 1 has worked close with the State of Connecticut and local municipalities to utilize a mobile vaccination unit to support jurisdictions in providing COVID-19 vaccinations to all those who want one.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Virginia resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Transportation With Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, and Obstruction of Justice-Hindering Communication Through Corrupt Persuasion, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A criminal complaint has been filed charging Jeffrey Dean Lecates, age 52, of Salisbury, Maryland, on the federal charges of being a felon in possession of ammunition and of dealing of firearms without a license. Lecates was arrested and had his initial appearance in U.S. District Court on March 24, 2021. He was ordered to be detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for March 31, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in all communities and unincorporated areas of Kaufman County, Texas. Property owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Edward Lott, 25, of Mendenhall, pled guilty today before U.S. Chief District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to converting federal monies to his own use without authorization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Anthony Mohatt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- Jamie Jakia Cofer, a/k/a “Anna Bell," 24, of Lake Worth, Florida, pled guilty yesterday to bank fraud, after depositing and cashing an unauthorized check that was taken from an elderly client.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Ranking Member Brady Announces Republican Meeting on Reopening America with Main Street Businesses.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will join Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès in co-hosting a virtual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group on March 30 to review continuing efforts in the campaign to achieve the enduring defeat of ISIS.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Clarksville, Tennessee man was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Burt Finklestein of Newnan, Georgia-based Kason Industries, said, “The past six or eight months business has turned back around, and we’re very, very busy. And we have an extreme problem now hiring people in Georgia.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman made her initial court appearance yesterday for allegedly lying on a federal form to make a straw purchase of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND - The Cape Lookout Lighthouse at Cape Lookout National Seashore stands 163 feet tall and was designed and constructed between 1857 - 1859. Since then, there have been numerous times that the lighthouse underwent repairs and upgrades to various aspects of the tower. Most recent repairs...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Melvin Rodriguez (49, Plant City) to five years and four months in federal prison for money laundering. The court also ordered Rodriguez to forfeit $26,000, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 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.
