News from May 2021

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly illegally transferring and possessing “switch" devices that are capable of converting a semi-automatic pistol into a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Darryl Borden, 43, of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to being a felon in possession of a firearm after Borden shot a Cleveland Police Officer responding to a call for help last July.

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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Greenville, Miss. - An Indianola man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for burglary of a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) and an unrelated charge of possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Alonzo Shipp was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Rachel P. Kovner for being a felon in possession of a firearm that wounded an individual in Queens in 2018. Shipp was convicted in November 2020 following a six-day jury trial.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A former nursing assistant was sentenced today in federal court for murder and assault charges in the deaths of eight veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Daniel Taylor, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 97 months’ incarceration followed by ten years of supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. United States District Judge Stephanie L. Haines imposed the sentence on Jon DeTemple, age 33.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Austin Suarez, age 26, of Hudson, New York, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for aiding and abetting the theft of firearms from Zero Tolerance Manufacturing, a federally licensed firearms dealer in Ghent, New York.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding $22 million to the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) to reimburse the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare for emergency protective measures taken during the ongoing COVID-19 response.

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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - Three Fort Campbell soldiers were charged today with conspiracy and offenses relating to the illegal purchase and transfer of dozens of firearms to the streets of Chicago, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By State Newswire | May 11, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, RONALD J. MCCORD, 70, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to defrauding two locally-based banks, Fannie Mae, and others through a broad range of fraudulent conduct over the course of three years, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Masood Sharifipour, age 36, of Guilderland, New York, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy.

By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Committee Sharice Davids (D-KS), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Conor Lamb (D-PA), Representative Kaiali'i...

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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Darryl Borden, 43, of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to being a felon in possession of a firearm after Borden shot a Cleveland Police Officer responding to a call for help last July.