News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - A resident of Palm Beach County, Florida, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for not reporting his foreign financial accounts from 2006 through 2015 and for willfully evading the assessment of millions in taxes from 2007 through 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: This is National Police Week, a time our nation sets aside each year to recognize the significant contributions and extraordinary work of local, state, federal and Tribal law enforcement in keeping our communities and those in them safe.

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Eleven Defendants Charged with Murder in Indian Country.

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a former Watertown, South Dakota, woman charged with Misuse by a Representative Payee pled guilty and was sentenced on May 10, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Raleigh County man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on May 10, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Pipestone, Minnesota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 40-year-old Laredo woman has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to encourage or induce a foreign national to enter the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-This month’s Fly Safe campaign topic looks at the importance of understanding pilot, owner and mechanic roles and responsibilities when servicing an aircraft.

By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2021
Release: DETROIT - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected and prevented another handgun from making its way into the passenger cabin of an airplane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW).

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Cornelia, Georgia, man convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Failure to Appear was sentenced on May 10, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Scott McMahon, age 52, of Clifton Park, New York, was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, and to misusing personal information in the course of fraudulently obtaining controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Jonathan Ophardt, announced that Todd Bussino, 37, of Rutland, pled not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges that he robbed four Rutland-area convenience stores between November 2020 and March 2021. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle ordered that Bussino be held without bail pending trial.

By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was indicted for possessing a semi-automatic rifle loaded with a high-capacity magazine, several rounds of ammunition, and a large quantity of oxycodone, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement on the release of the overdue Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice report on data concerning acts of terrorism, including domestic terrorism, and the Federal government’s response. The unclassified report, which is required by law, was due more than 10 months ago - on June 17, 2020.

By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct a virtual public hearing regarding the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the management of wild horses and burros on public lands. The hearing is scheduled for May 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. MT and will be held using Zoom video conferencing technology and live-streamed at BLM.gov/live.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - The National Park Service has awarded the contract to construct the new Visitor Contact Station at Cedar Breaks National Monument to E-Corp, a small business in Utah. The Service is working with E-Corp to finalize a construction start date and other details. Construction is expected to begin this summer and last for two years.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site invites area high school students ages 14-18 to apply for a spot in its free, selective virtual Summer Youth Leadership Institute. Now in its twelfth year, the 2021 institute will meet online Tuesday, July 6 through Friday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the possibility of a socially distanced, in-person graduation ceremony held on Saturday, July 10.