News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: We’ll do this part on background, senior State Department officials. So I thought, [Senior State Department Official One], if you wanted to offer some thoughts on today and some of the broader dynamics, and we’ll take some questions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Garrett Scott Wheelen, 30, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and possession of stolen mail, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man convicted by a jury of trafficking crimes for his role in a large drug organization that brought hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine into Montana was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison and to five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chair of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the FY 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Texas women have each been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On May 7, the journal Science, announces the launch of the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration (GIUM) in an article entitled “Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations." An international team of 92 scientists and conservationists created the first-ever global atlas of ungulate...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dominic McCall, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
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 Interior Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO -Ozark National Scenic Riverways will continue to manage river access at Waymeyer, Chilton Boat Launch and Pin Oak on the lower Current River near Van Buren in much the same manner as 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Jonathan Arevalo, 28, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 240 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Bell.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for distribution and attempted distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Randy Tremfer, 43, of Syracuse, was sentenced today in federal court in Utica to 18 years in prison for transportation of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Mississippi to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from Feb. 11-19, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Thomas J. Redeker, age 72, of Endicott, New York, pled guilty yesterday to failing to update his sex offender registration by maintaining unregistered email accounts in violation of the law, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and United States Marshal David L. McNulty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been convicted in federal court for his role in a $1 million conspiracy to steal more than 1,400 cell phones in dozens of commercial burglaries across several states, as well as for obstruction of justice.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oregon to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from Feb. 11-15, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -At today’s Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Black maternal mortality and morbidity crisis, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney announced that she joined her Committee colleagues and leaders of the Black Maternal Health Caucus to request that the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct three new studies on the state of this public health crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Sonya Bannister Burford, age 53, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty on May 5, 2021, to the federal charge of theft of government property, for stealing $322,938 in Social Security benefits to which she was not entitled.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Denton Man Was on Supervised Release for a Prior Federal Conviction for Distribution of Child Pornography at the Time of This Criminal Behavior.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Preliminary results of an ongoing internal analysis by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) indicate that inadequacies in training and procedures led to damage to a single fuel element in its research reactor, causing the Feb. 3, 2021, alert at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). NIST has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and has already begun updating its policies and procedures to ensure these inadequacies are addressed.
