News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHAZ DEAR, 23, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jeremy Lewis, 23, of Ripley, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the Marshals Service is offering a cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of Davarious Taylor who is wanted for First-Degree Murder.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations resulted in a federal indictment for 27 individuals accused of committing crimes relating to conspiracy to distribute illicit drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that National Park Week - an annual weeklong celebration of America’s national parks - will run from April 17 to April 25. National Park Week encourages the public to explore the vast network of our national parks, sacred sites, historical landmarks, as well as our shared heritage contained within them.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [March 31, 2021] - Today, Glacier National Park announces the decision to implement a Going-to-the-Sun Road temporary ticketed entry system for the 2021 season. Going-to-the-Sun entry reservation tickets will be available at www.Recreation.gov starting April 29, barring any unforeseen delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS COLON, also known as “Big Lou" and “Hitman," 50, of Stratford, pleaded guilty yesterday to fentanyl distribution and gun possession offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, FEMA and the Peace Corps announced they have struck a historic partnership to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. For the second time in the Peace Corps’ history, volunteers will serve a domestic deployment, at FEMA’s request - the first following Hurricane Katrina and now at federally supported Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) across the country.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling $110 million for diverse small businesses working on scientific, clean energy, and climate solutions for the American people. The 102 projects in 24 states are pursuing technological solutions in various areas, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of Everett and Worcester auto body shops was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester in connection with a payroll tax scheme resulting in a tax loss to the IRS of more than $290,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, is one of the largest species of Pacific salmon and most widely distributed. On the West Coast, two populations are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the Columbia River Chum, and the Hood Canal summer- run Chum. During this Nature Matters talk, Scott...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jorge Elizondo, 31, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-The leader of and final defendant in a darknet drug distribution conspiracy was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in operating a narcotic vendor site that facilitated thousands of purchases of MDMA and generated nearly $200,000 in drug trafficking revenue, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM - The main entrance road to Valles Caldera National Preserve will be temporarily closed to public vehicle traffic April 6th and 7th for road improvements and repairs.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the midst of on-going efforts to vaccinate the U.S. population against COVID-19, reports are surfacing about a scam targeting vulnerable consumers with promises of gifts and cash for taking a fraudulent post-vaccination survey.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 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 29, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa -On Wednesday March 30, 2021, federal search warrants were executed at Rashid Long Term Care Pharmacy and Rashid Pharmacy PLC, both in Fort Madison, Iowa. The searches at these locations were official law enforcement actions involving officers, agents, and investigators from the United...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Rita Hart withdrew her federal contest of the election results for Iowa’s Second Congressional District, securing Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ victory...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Marylanders will soon have another venue where they can receive COVID-19 vaccinations: a FEMA-operated community vaccination center in Prince George’s County.
