News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
Release: We are pleased to announce that the United States received the $335 million provided by Sudan to compensate victims of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole in 2000 as well as the 2008 killing of USAID employee John Granville.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: REGION 1 - The State of Vermont received a grant totaling over $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), awarded to help reimburse expenses associated with ongoing COVID-19 response efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORDAN FLYTHE, also known as “T," 28, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: An Israeli national pleaded guilty today for his role in operating DeepDotWeb (DDW), a website that connected internet users with Darknet marketplaces, where they purchased illegal firearms, malware and hacking tools, stolen financial data, heroin and fentanyl, and other contraband.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service and Burlington Police Department arrested a fugitive who was wanted for 1st Degree Aggravated Domestic Assault with a Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Indianapolis - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress announced today that an extensive drug trafficking organization that was responsible for selling large quantities of illegal drugs in the Columbus area has been dismantled. Thirty-six individuals were indicted by a grand jury on various federal charges, ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Patchogue, NY - Fire Island National Seashore donated 2,610 pounds of venison to Island Harvest, a local food bank in Hauppauge, New York. Island Harvest Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization on Long Island, delivering food to a network of food pantries, soup kitchens, and emergency feeding programs across Long Island.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new request for proposals (RFP) and $1.36 million in selections for projects that will accelerate the adoption of Smart Manufacturing practices. These initiatives support the Biden Administration’s efforts to spur innovation, create a highly skilled Smart Manufacturing workforce, and reduce the carbon footprint of the manufacturing sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former intelligence analyst and former military servicemember pleaded guilty today to illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
Release: We are pleased to announce that the United States received the $335 million provided by Sudan to compensate victims of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole in 2000 as well as the 2008 killing of USAID employee John Granville.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the North Shore Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today on drug distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384 and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Seizure consisted of over 114 pounds of methamphetamine, along with heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and 115 firearms.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, and Dhaka April 1-9, 2021, for consultations on increasing climate ambition ahead of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate April 22-23 and the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year. For media inquiries, please contact ClimateComms@state.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kendu Woodard, of Keyser, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Wayne Joseph Cavins (62, Deltona) with four counts of producing child exploitation materials. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15, and up to 30 years, in federal prison on each count. Cavins was arrested at his home on March 30, 2021, and has been ordered detained pending trial.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - - Federal pilot community vaccination centers opened today in Boston; Newark, New Jersey; Norfolk, Virginia and Yakima, Washington. Additional centers are scheduled to open next week in Gary, Indiana and St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Nathan Haymer, age 43, of Houston, Texas, to 13 months in federal prison following his conviction for federal program theft. The Court further sentenced Haymer to serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $78,690.16, as well as a money judgment for the same amount.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement on the American Jobs Plan, which President Biden will formally unveil this afternoon, that will create millions of jobs and reimagine and rebuild a new American economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s infrastructure plan and proposed tax hikes...
