News from May 2021

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Kettering man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 30 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a pipe bomb.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Open Dates: May 07 - 22.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Chairwoman of the Committee on Small Business, sent a letter to Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Isabella Guzman as part of their ongoing investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Anthony Benson, 41, of Somerville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - One of 19 defendants charged in a Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today for his part in furthering the violence of the local Crips gang.

By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Frankfort, Ky. - Kentucky residents displaced from their homes by the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides from Feb. 27 through March 14 may find FEMA rental assistance an important way to move their recovery forward.

By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM 's Office of River Protection (ORP) and tank farms operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) continue to advance a comprehensive program to ensure the structural integrity of the Hanford Site ’s underground waste storage tanks.

By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A $5 million grant that DOE recently awarded to a local nonprofit will strengthen the workforce pool needed to support the EM and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) missions, particularly at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, PA on charges of violating various federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Acres: 4,421. Percent Containment: 0%. Date/Time Detected: May 8, 2021. 2:15 PM. Structures burned: 0. Number of Resources: 230. Cause: Under investigation. Origin/Location: 7 miles southwest of Crown King. Water and Retardant Dropped from Aircraft Aid Firefighting. The Southwest Type 1 Team 2 added additional...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA - Yesterday, BRIAN WADE EDDY, 46, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 64 months in federal prison for accessing and viewing images of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) worked in cooperation with Hawaiʻi County Police to bust five men who intended to have sex with children, over the weekend. Nolan Okalani Tallett (46), Sonny Eugenio Puerto (29), Kanani Ikaika Perreir Yurong (31), Joseph Michael Powell (37), and Marshall Kawailani Baji (32) have been charged with electronic enticement of a child in the 1st degree.

By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington -"I am pleased to report that on May 7, 2021, Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) extended the deadline for U.S. organic exports to be certified to its Organic Products Law (LPO). This is a request that I made directly to Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture and...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Sentence to Be Reduced by 5 Years Already Spent in Related State Custody.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn B. Maloney and Ranking Member James Comer introduced the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act to make needed financial and operational reforms to the United States Postal Service.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Antoine Miller, 36, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Matthew Dion, 49, of Bedford, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and its cleanup contractor recently launched a new recycling initiative that diverted nearly 5 tons of plastic from a local landfill in April, sending it instead to the Los Alamos County Eco Station for reuse and saving an estimated $16,000 in taxpayer dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. -Nancy Degollado, an Atlanta, Georgia woman and the final defendant to be sentenced in a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, was sentenced last week to 204 months in federal prison.