News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal jury found Christian Ferguson, 21, of Cleveland, Ohio, guilty of two counts of attempted kidnapping. Ferguson was arrested on May 8, 2020, for an attempted plot to kidnap and ambush law enforcement officers responding to a false distress call in order to start an uprising.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Employees at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area have been busy gearing up and getting facilities ready for a busy summer season. The 70,000-acre national park unit in PA and NJ and was the 10th most-visited national park unit in the country in 2020 with 4.1 million visits recorded.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Camden office of the Newark Division Craig B. Kailimai, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: BENTON, Ill. - Elvin Lugo-Cales, 47, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today to 51 months in.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Two local men face lengthy prison sentences following their convictions in unrelated child exploitation cases investigated by special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and deputies from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO).
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Jerome Powell regarding the Fed’s implementation of the Main Street Lending Program and the Municipal Liquidity Facility, two programs...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [May 7, 2021] - Shuttle services at Glacier National Park will be available to visitors this year after not operating due to COVID-19 restrictions during the 2020 season.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott announced the following addition for the Democratic staff of the House Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Scheme involved use of more than 2,000 stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on a firearm and ammunition offense.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: The United States is extremely concerned about ongoing confrontations in Jerusalem, including on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount and in Sheikh Jarrah, which have reportedly resulted in scores of injured people.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee Member Rep. Robin Kelly co-chaired a hybrid hearing examining the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis experienced by Black birthing people in America.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: A discussion hosted by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs’ Senior Advisor Ervin Massinga and featuring remarks by Vice President Kamala Harris. Senior Advisor Massinga and USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia, Anjali Kaur, provide an overview of U.S. government relief efforts and a panel of Indian American leaders discuss diaspora-led efforts to address the current emergency and how Americans can contribute to these efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was arrested today on federal charges alleging he fraudulently obtained approximately $5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for his sham businesses, then used the money on himself, including purchasing Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini sports cars.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a communiqué issued by the United States of America, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom on the Afghan Peace Process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota returned two indictments that were unsealed today. The first indictment charges former Minneapolis Police Department officers Derek Chauvin, 45; Tou Thao, 35; J. Alexander Kueng, 27; and Thomas Lane, 38, with federal civil rights crimes for their roles in the death of George Perry Floyd Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that William Fugate, 31, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Federal Real Estate Post-COVID-19 Part One: A View from The Private Sector." At the hearing, Members will examine federal space needs in the post-COVID-19 world.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A St. Louis man pled guilty and was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine that was shipped via UPS from Arizona.
