News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today that RACHEL E. LIPPS (“LIPPS"), age 40, of Slidell, LA was sentenced to 34 months imprisonment by the Honorable Susie Morgan for thirty-three counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Dear Attorney General Garland:. A January 2021 Wall Street Journal article indicated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was “weighing an amnesty program under which U.S. academics could disclose past foreign funding without fear of punishment for their disclosures." That article further indicated...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 110 months in prison for his role in robbing a barbershop, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Convictions Come as Part of “Operation Noble Virtue," a Multiagency Anti-Crime Effort of Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI)announced a proposed rule to revoke thefinal regulation regarding the incidental take of migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Monday, May 3, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Darvill Jimmy Joseph Bragg, age 26, of Davenport, to 240 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Bragg was ordered to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz) today said the newly announced “America the Beautiful" campaign provides a stark contrast between the Biden administration’s commitment to conservation and sustainable job creation on the one hand and the Trump administration’s destructive drill-everywhere...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Chelsey Hunt, 29, of Jamestown NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr. to maintaining a drug-involved premises. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $500,000.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Under the authority of 36 CFR 1.5(a), the Superintendent will temporarily close the Portage Lakefront location at Indiana Dunes National Park so a work project can be completed safely.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, business owner was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion and failure to pay the IRS over $540,000 in employment taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Dale Roberson, age 37 of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf sentenced Roberson to 180 months’ imprisonment. After completing his term of imprisonment, Roberson will be required to serve a 10-year term of supervised released. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Roberto Montes-Villalpando, 60, of Sanborn, NY, and Abraham Montes, 28, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to harbor aliens for financial gain and causing serious bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRUNO DiFABIO, 51, of Ridgefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a federal tax offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Defendant admits responsibility for 2018 murder of a 17-year-old in Lynn.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee's hearing on the FY 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Billy Paul Dunn, 48, of Sacramento, today to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the impact of COVID-19 on students with disabilities...
By State Newswire | May 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: CLANTON, Ala. - Rebuilding after a disaster can present opportunities as well as challenges for homeowners. This is certainly true for those impacted by the March 25-26 severe storms and tornadoes.
