News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Bandera, TX - Abelardo Daniel Garcia was arrested today by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) on charges involving first degree murder.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sophia Kim, a/k/a “Sophia Kim Sebold" and “Sookyeong Kim Sebold", 60, the former Treasurer and Comptroller for the Universal Ballet Foundation, which operated the Kirov Academy of Ballet, pled guilty today to a charge stemming from her embezzlement of $1,501,285.13, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales, a/k/a Sicopita, age 23, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and to using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities, including a murder and two attempted murders.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Four U.S. citizens have been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to harbor a Guatemalan woman and hostage taking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Thank you. And good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining our call today. We’re very happy to bring to you this opportunity to receive some updates leading into the next phase of talks in Vienna regarding the JCPOA. We have on with us today [Senior State Department Official], who is heading...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following statement after United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s support for the temporary waiver of some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules to accelerate the manufacturing and distribution of coronavirus vaccines...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: The United States is working with the Government of Mozambique, international organizations, civil society organizations, and the private sector to increase our humanitarian assistance to those in need of food, water, and shelter, among other emergency relief items, in response to the devastating violence by ISIS-Mozambique in Cabo Delgado province.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General’s latest issue brief...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A convicted felon and his girlfriend were sentenced today to prison for their roles in a scheme to buy firearms in Georgia and transport them to New Jersey for resale, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that John Leroy Pruitt, III, age 44, of Braggs, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Possession Of Unregistered Firearm (Destructive Device), in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d), 5841 and 5871, punishable by not more than 120 months’ imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a New York doctor was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for distributing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 4, 2021, Joshua Keller, age 30, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to one year and one day imprisonment followed by a two-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for destruction of government property and lying during the purchase of a firearm. Judge Mariani also ordered Keller to pay $39,393 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Félix Verdejo-Sánchez and Luis Antonio Cádiz-Martínez for federal crimes arising from the murder of Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Georgia to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and tornadoes from March 25-26, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - In March when COVID-19 vaccines first became available to Jackson County’s grocery store employees, Bob Ames, General Manager of Sherm’s Thurnderbird Markets, wanted to offer his 600 employees a convenient option to get inoculated as quickly as possible. Ames brought vaccinators directly to three of the Southern Oregon grocery chain’s stores. Ames was surprised when only 50-60 employees took advantage of the in-store vaccination clinic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales, a/k/a Sicopita, age 23, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and to using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities, including a murder and two attempted murders.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an indictment charging a Beaverton, Oregon, woman with arson after she allegedly set fire to the Portland Police Association building during a riot on April 13, 2021.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: PRIME MINISTER SHMYHAL: (Via interpreter) Your Excellency Under Secretary, your excellencies ambassadors, dear colleagues, I would like to welcome you, Your Excellency Mr. Blinken, with the first official visit to Ukraine. I welcome you, Madam Nuland, with the appointment of Under Secretary of State ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHARLES EDWARD BANKS (“BANKS"), age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on May 4, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter for charges relating to possession of a firearm.
