News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Javarus Payne, 34, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Turlock man with being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added India to the list of regions we consider to be affected with African Swine Fever (ASF.) We took this action on May 13, 2020 when the disease was confirmed and are now publishing notice in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The United States is shocked and deeply saddened by reports that Burmese security forces continued to use lethal force against the people of Burma last weekend, resulting in the deaths of at least 27 people, including several children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Former CEO and COO concealed critical defects of Lucent Polymers before selling company and receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Sherod Tucker to 80 months in prison today. The 32-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: It is past time for a bright light to be shined on how private equity ownership in our health care system affects patient safety, cost, and jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jean Quinones, age 26, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on March 24, 2021, before U.S. District Court Judge Malacy E. Mannion to attempt to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 500 grams of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “How U.S. International Tax Policy Impacts American Workers, Jobs and Investment.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Quantico man pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $380,000 from his former union, which represented federal law enforcement officers at the Pentagon.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: National Junior Ranger Day is Saturday, April 24, and children of all ages are invited to “Explore, Learn, and Protect" your national park and become an official Junior Ranger. Pick up a free Junior Ranger activity book at the visitor center, located at Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, or download a copy at.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to distributing heroin and possessing oxycodone in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Committee and Subcommittee Chairs across the House of Representatives sent letters to the White House, federal agencies, law enforcement, and Legislative Branch entities, including the House and Senate Sergeant at Arms, seeking documents and communications relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist assault on the Capitol.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and 40 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden outlining the pillars of a comprehensive diplomatic Iran strategy that will garner bipartisan support in Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Defendant previously deported on three occasions between 2006 to 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing on nuclear energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 48-year-old Laredoan has been ordered to federal prison for attempting to illegally export firearms and ammunition to Mexico, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Ukrainian Traffickers Sentenced for Trafficking in Counterfeit Cancer and Hepatitis Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on March 18, 2021, CARLOS ALBERTO GONZALES VALENCIA, age 38, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced by United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.
