News from May 2021
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to implement stronger cybersecurity protections for K-12 educational institutions across the country. Schools are...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced a new Department of Justice effort to help protect our communities from the recent increase in major violent crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing to consider key Department of Homeland Security (DHS) nominations, including John K. Tien to be Deputy Secretary, Robert...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Defendant Falsely Claimed He Was a Pharmacist and Distributed Over 10,000 Oxycodone Pills.
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee markup on legislation to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers to return money to defrauded consumers...
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Last week, leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) affirming their joint commitment to collaborate on climate mitigation and adaptation at DHS facilities across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, KY. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Freddy Manuel Gonzalez and Xavior Caine Posey for the murder of Brian Russell on Dec. 30, 2020, in Franklin, Kentucky, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin using mussel-sniffing dogs on weekends beginning this Friday to inspect boats to help protect New Melones Lake from invasive-aquatic species, such as quagga and zebra mussels. Staff will also provide boat inspection training to boat owners to reduce the invasion of aquatic species that are negatively impacting many recreational areas across the country.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. May 27, 2021 - During the high-visitation summer season, there is a daily limit on the number of people that may enter the wilderness of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks from any given trailhead for overnight use. The wilderness permit quota season begins Friday, May 28, and will continue through September 18.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that local residents can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheck® at the Pocatello Regional Airport the week of June 14.
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee...
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: JEROME, Ida. - On Friday, May 28, the Visitor Center of Minidoka National Historic Site will be open for Summer hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm MT. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the site becoming a park unit of the National Park Service. Please follow CDC COVID-19 guidance to keep you and other visitors safe.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to introduce the bipartisan First Step Implementation Act of 2021 to advance the goals of the historic First Step Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Michael James George, 46, of Whittier, N.C., to 30 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for a firearm offense, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Erik Bjork, 38, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution and possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks during Thursday’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee markup.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Christen Diane Schulte to 80 months in prison today. The 35-year-old Washington, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, last year, to two counts of wire fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A woman who conspired with a member of the Fitchburg Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced yesterday for drug distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Paul Dignam, 59, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 13 months in prison, one year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $3,500 fine by United States District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno for a scheme to defraud the City of Philadelphia of approximately $119,000 over the course of several years.
