News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jose David Saldana-Ramirez, 38, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 21 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender. Saldana-Ramirez pleaded guilty to these charges on February 4, 2021.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admitted to Sending Customers Fraudulent Reports for Laboratory Tests That Were Not Fully Performed.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: So we’ll go ahead and get started. We’ll do this on background, two U.S. officials, if everyone is comfortable with that. As I think you all know, [Senior State Department Official One] was deeply engaged in the preparations for this and the G7. [Senior State Department Official Two] has been engaged on the bilateral aspect and in different areas as well.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 3, 2021, United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Jose Fontanez, 33, to 120 months in prison following his guilty plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute in Vermont one kilogram or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and 500 grams or more of cocaine between 2010 and Nov. 26, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing that the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) has been detected on hibernating bats and cave walls in two eastern New Mexico caves managed by its Roswell Field Office.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: So we’ll go ahead and get started. We’ll do this on background, two U.S. officials, if everyone is comfortable with that. As I think you all know, [Senior State Department Official One] was deeply engaged in the preparations for this and the G7. [Senior State Department Official Two] has been engaged on the bilateral aspect and in different areas as well.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, issued the following joint statement after the selection of new members of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Venezuela:
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center is moving to new operating hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week beginning Sunday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Michael Solomon, 31, of New Brighton, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support and resources, namely property, services and weapons, to what he believed was Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization, for use against Israeli and U.S. military personnel overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County woman pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Union, Missouri, man who was scheduled to begin his criminal jury trial today instead pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing six pounds of methamphetamine to distribute.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A second slate of 12 laboratory technicians recently started work at the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site. They join the first class hired in January and will work with chemists, such as Lab Ops Dayshift Supervisor...
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) recently achieved full operation of an interim measure to contain and control migration of a contaminant plume in the groundwater.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for assaulting with a dangerous weapon two people who were swimming in the Delaware River, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service announced today that over 80 overlooks and parking areas and five picnic areas along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia will be resurfaced as part of the park’s pavement preservation program. The project begins this week and will continue throughout the summer and early fall.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man who was scheduled to begin his criminal jury trial today instead pleaded in federal court to receiving child pornography over the internet.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is preparing to implement key components of a system that will isolate and stabilize about 15,000 pounds of radioactive debris in the K West Reactor spent fuel storage basin on the Hanford Site.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay April 18 - April 24, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old undocumented immigrant residing in Austin has entered a guilty plea to conspiring to transport other non-citizens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
