News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ISIAH HOLMES, age 48, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by the Honorable Barry Ashe, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. HOLMES was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. The defendant was also ordered to pay $774 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced David Alexander Moralez, Jr., 37, of Fresno, California, to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release for drug trafficking conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and distribution of methamphetamine, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal jury convicted Moralez of the charges in November 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ayoub Tabri, 25, of Arlington, VA, and Lester Fulton Smith, 26, of Philadelphia, PA were each charged by Superseding Indictment with two counts of arson and one count of obstruction of law enforcement in connection with the arson of a Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Today the Justice Department announced a settlement agreement with the Lewiston Public Schools to end the district’s systemic and discriminatory practice of excluding students from full-day school because of behavior related to their disabilities. The settlement also will require the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a seven-count indictment charging Shawnda Rochelle Augustus, age 39, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for allegedly obtaining and attempting to obtain unemployment benefits following the floods of 2016 and pandemic unemployment benefits in 2020. Augustus appeared for her arraignment and pled not guilty to the pending charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Kevin R. Welsch, 48, of Ft. Thomas, Kentucky pleaded guilty today to federal charges of wire fraud and tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Avante Daquan Lee, age 28, of Suitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), secured a commitment from Jonathan Meyer, the nominee to be General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that he would provide complete and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: At our full Committee hearing last month, we heard directly from five women about the impossible choices they face every day. Their stories represent so many families across the country: struggling to find and afford child care; lacking paid leave to bond with a new child, care for a loved one, or cope...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of up to $4 million for grants to support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects. USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (Office) is accepting proposals for planning and innovation projects, and these grants are part of USDA’s broader efforts to support urban agriculture.
By US DOT Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Boeing Company will pay at least $17 million in penalties and undertake multiple corrective actions with its production under a settlement agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Jeffrey Blake, age 50, of Ithaca, New York, pled guilty today to attempted online enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Preston, Georgia resident and former pediatric nurse practitioner (NP) has pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography in a case involving thousands of images and videos of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury brought a six-count indictment against Cecilia Aquino, 34, of Fresno, today charging her with mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft for submitting unemployment insurance claims and applications for Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury and Disaster Loans using stolen identities, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the IRS out of more than $2.5 million of taxes by, among other things, hiding assets, making false statements about his ability to pay, using a nominee company to conduct business, and diverting huge sums of money to pay creditors instead of the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As graduation day draws close, Central Falls High School seniors today participated in an employment and resource fair hosted by the Nonviolence Institute, Family Service of Rhode Island, and the United States Attorney’s Office as part of the Institute’s Three-Cities Nonviolence Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas E. Kerl, 39, Redgranite, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 262 months for distributing child pornography. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by 25 years of supervised release. Kerl pleaded guilty to this offense on Feb. 25, 2021.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Dianne Richardson, 70, of Logan was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for embezzling $222,000 from the Pioneer West Virginia Federal Credit Union in South Charleston. Richardson pleaded guilty to financial institution embezzlement in July 2020 and pursuant to her plea agreement, she will pay $222,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Michigan man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield on firearms charges.
