News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for participating in a scheme that involved defrauding financial institution customers of almost half a million dollars, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Kaylen Edwards, 23, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The charge carries carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Lake Powell boaters are advised that the Stateline Launch Ramp will close on Monday, May 17 to motorized vessels. The closure will remain in effect until further notice and is due to revised projections from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and lake levels lowering faster than previously predicted. On...
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) sites in Colorado have been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as models for reuse of contaminated land.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2021
Release: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman has just completed his first visit to the region as U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, traveling to Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, and Ethiopia from May 4 to 13, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced May 12, 2021 that FELIPE MARTINEZ-RIVERA, age 50, pled guilty on May 12, 2021 to a one-count bill of information for reentry of a deported alien previously convicted of a felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)and (b)(1).
By State Newswire | May 14, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso May 13, 2021 Casper Star Tribune Across Wyoming, hunters are running into a consistent problem. They are unable to easily access maps showing which land is open to the public for hunting and which land is private property. A checkerboard pattern of Bureau of Land ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Steven Lessard, 34, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced on Thursday to 150 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Special agents from the Phoenix office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), arrested two alleged child sexual predators and identified two victims under the age of 16 years old late last month. Both defendants face multiple counts of state child sexual exploitation and molestation.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement in response to the Senate approving Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh as the Deputy Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 1,360,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorkas issuing a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin on the current domestic terrorism threat...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on May 11, 2021, by Judge Charles B. Kornmann, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Nathanael J. Brown, 28, formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for transportation of child pornography. Brown was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison and 7 years of supervised release with special conditions. There is no parole in the federal system. Brown was additionally ordered to pay $3,500 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 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: Judge orders $450,993 restitution. MISSOULA - A Bozeman man accused in a cattle rustling scheme of stealing cattle and embryos while defrauding a bank and a business partner was sentenced today for conviction in the case to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: TROY, Ill. - A Troy, Illinois businessman has entered a guilty plea on a charge that he willfully.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $35 million in funding that will help slash carbon emissions and scale up the volume and efficiency of renewable biofuel. The 15 awarded research projects are housed at colleges, universities, and labs across nine states and will...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority announced a public teleconference negotiation sessions for the Central Valley Project Corning and Tehama-Colusa canals, Red Bluff and Corning pumping plants, and associated works in Northern California on May 17 and 18.
