News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave remarks at a hearing on the state of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The committee heard witness testimony from the Honorable Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization ...
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded committee passage of a resolution they introduced last week that reaffirms the importance of U.S. alliances and the unique strategic advantage they provide to the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today arrested a San Bernardino County woman on an indictment charging her with recruiting drug couriers to smuggle pound quantities of fentanyl and heroin through Southern California airports for transport to other parts of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Friday, March 19, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Jason Earl Davis, age 43, of New London, to 240 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Following his prison term, Davis was ordered to serve five years of supervised release, as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: Dear Stakeholders, I hope this letter finds you and your family safe amid the pandemic that continues to affect the daily lives of us all. Fortunately, we now can envision a path out of it. As we carry on into 2021, we reflect upon the past year and all that APHIS achieved. In 2020, we carried out APHIS’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today to a scheme to defraud the U.S. Navy relating to glove liners purchased for use on nuclear submarines.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Taxpayers encouraged to report suspected fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: A federal jury has convicted a five-time felon and suspected shooter of a gun crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado has selected Lorraine Poulson as BLM Colorado’s 2020 Volunteer of the Year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Facilities in Shenandoah National Park are beginning to open and will continue to open throughout the spring. The park’s two visitor centers are now open with rangers providing information at outdoor contact stations and the Park Stores located inside are open with limited capacity. They are operating on the following schedules.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Group allegedly traveled the country collecting thousands in cash sent by elder victims who were led to believe their relatives were in serious trouble.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces today that Rural/Metro Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $650,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for ambulance transports.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: Two former employees of a Statesboro pediatrics practice have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing money from the business.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Nederland, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms and drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Some of the most dangerous fires are the ones you don’t see coming. That goes not only for fires in buildings but for those kilometers off the ground, aboard commercial airliners. Many aircraft have systems to detect fires early on, but fires that spark in their attics, or overhead compartments - spaces with curved ceilings, filled with air ducts, electrical wiring and structural elements - could potentially sneak past them.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Prosecution Comes as Part of “Operation Patch Over," a Multiagency Narcotics and Money Laundering Investigation.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: Topic: Growing the Fiji Brand: U.S. Services Needed.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Fort Stanton, N.M. - On March 29, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office will temporarily close Rob Jagger’s Campground to upgrade facilities. The closure is necessary for the safety of employees, contractors and the public. The BLM expects to re-open the area in June, after construction is complete. During this time, the parking and day-use area of the Campground will remain open for public use.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Thomas Michael Ibarra (30, Brevard County) to 19 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Ibarra had pleaded guilty on Oct. 27, 2020.
