News from May 2021
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that the cities of Owen and Abbotsford have been awarded Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) funds to develop multi-use community tornado safe rooms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell sentenced Fletcher Dorsett, age 53, of Salisbury, Maryland to 150 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a series of nine bank robberies and attempted robberies. Dorsett continued to commit robberies while on escape status from a halfway house after his release for a previous federal bank robbery conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two South Jersey men were arrested for conspiring to manufacture and distribute firearms, including machine guns, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - An Estill County man was convicted on Thursday, by a federal jury sitting in Lexington, of four counts of trafficking methamphetamine and a firearm offense.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $525,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Lowcountry Regional Water System, Hampton, South Carolina, to update and improve the wastewater sewer system to support business expansion and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: As part of an ongoing investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and related violence in Bridgeport, a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging an additional four Bridgeport men with conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, including drug trafficking, murder and attempted murder.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Superintendent Judy Forte is pleased to announce that this summer the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical park will host a United States Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew. Youth 15 - 19 are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be a US citizen or permanent resident of the United States and will work for 10 weeks, 40 hours a week, and earn the federal minimum wage. To apply please download the or email Tina_Smiley@nps.gov to request an application.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Carl Junction, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for transporting a Kansas minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent was honored with the FBI Director’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Law Enforcement Community, by the FBI’s Phoenix field office on April 29. The special agent was one of 13 members of the Central Arizona Safe Trails Task Force (CASTTF) to be recognized with the award.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Attempting to Flee After a Traffic Stop, Defendant Leaves Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia in His Wake; Officers Recovered Approximately 38 Grams of Heroin Mixed with Fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced that a federal jury in Omaha, Nebraska, returned a guilty verdict today against Skyler F. Sanders, age 34, of Omaha, for Possession with Intent to Distribute 28 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing Cocaine Base (Crack). As a result of...
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its first quarter report (January 1 - March 31). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data.The ...
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee doctors Reps. Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) penned a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding more information regarding the American Federation of Teachers’ influence on school reopening guidelines...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for The Department of Commerce.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke with Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations Marcelo Ebrard. During the conversation, the Secretaries emphasized their shared focus on enhancing bilateral economic cooperation, agreed to work together on COVID-19 mitigation ...
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Initial report details vision for 10-year, locally led and voluntary nationwide effort to restore and conserve America’s lands, waters, and wildlife WASHINGTON, May 6, 2021 – Today the Biden-Harris administration outlined a vision for how the United States can work collaboratively to conserve and restore ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise by murdering a suspected rival gang member and attempting to murder two other victims, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities. According to his plea agreement and other court documents, from March 2016, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the signing of two agreements with community colleges to remove barriers experienced by students with disabilities, including veterans. The agreements, reached with Central Texas College of Killeen (CTC), located in Killeen, Texas, and Tidewater Community College ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: A criminal complaint was filed in the District of New Jersey today charging a dual-resident of New York and Florida with fraudulently obtaining and laundering nearly $4 million in funds from the COVID-19 relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER KULEBA: It’s great to have you here (inaudible). This is, I think, our fourth contact in a very short period of time, and I’m happy to welcome you here at this quintessential moment. I also take this opportunity to congratulate Madam Nuland with her appointment. I’ve been through many ...
