News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal judge yesterday sentenced 27-year-old former San Antonio police officer Sebastian Torres to eight years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for the distribution of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On April 1, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Salvador Vega Rendon Jr., 28, of Turlock, charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JENNIFER FARRELL, 38, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for...
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, a Mexican citizen living in Tucson was sentenced to 46 months in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States into Mexico following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the assistance of Customs and Border Protection.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Justin Wagner, age 40, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment to be followed by 15 years on supervised release on May 24, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, for soliciting child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Jahana Hayes delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled "The Future of SNAP: Moving Past the Pandemic"...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Ramirez-Lopez was arrested for possession of meth, after which it was discovered he had previously been removed from the United States in 2014.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the FY 2022 Budget Request for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man pleaded guilty today to selling hundreds of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Defendant detained on criminal complaint in New York now facing additional charges handed up by federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI"), announced...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Kula, HI- Visitors to Haleakalā National Park will soon be able to reserve Hosmer Grove Campground campsites in advance of their visit. Reservations will go live on Recreation.gov beginning on June 1, 2021. Hosmer Grove campground was previously a first come, first served campground; reservations are now required, online through the new advance reservation system. The wilderness cabins and Kīpahulu campground remain closed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island woman was sentenced yesterday for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer and failing to pay more than $260,000 in taxes on those funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - David Johnson, 35, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-At a U.S. Senate Finance Committee executive session to consider “The Clean Energy for America Act," Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), said he is willing to work on modifying energy tax provisions in the tax code, but not at the expense of millions of good-paying American jobs.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Due to extreme drought, record low precipitation levels, higher than usual visitor numbers and high fire danger, Color Country Interagency Fire Managers are implementing fire restrictions beginning Wednesday, May 26 at 12:01 a.m. on the Arizona Strip and all unincorporated county, state and federally administered public lands in the following Utah counties: Washington, Kane, Garfield, Iron, and Beaver (excluding Fishlake National Forest, Beaver Ranger District).
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a two-day recruiting event Tuesday, June 8 and Wednesday, June 9. The event is designed to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
By State Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the people of Guyana on your 55th anniversary of independence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Maurice Quinn, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Jan E. DuBois for Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying and using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Finance Committee today advanced the Clean Energy for America Act with a 14-14 vote.
