News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: A Second Defendant Was Previously Sentenced for His Involvement; Charges Against a Third Individual Are Pending.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, U.S. Senator, Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), and Donald McEachin (D-Va.) reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to protect students from dangerous seclusion and restraint discipline practices in school.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Larry Dollar, 49, Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 27 months in federal prison for escape from federal custody, announced Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Keevan Craig Dean, 56, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and for conspiracy to launder the proceeds from the drug conspiracy. Dean received a sentence of 360 months with a five-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: On the federal tax books today is a hodgepodge of 44 different energy tax breaks for a host of fuel sources and technologies. These tax breaks have stacked up over the decades like dusty old papers on the messiest desk in the office. The system is anti-competitive and anti-innovation. It puts the government...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A suburban Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Salem County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegally possessing a handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Greeneville, Tenn. - On May 24. 2021, Justin Robert Feagins, 29, currently of Midway, Tennessee, was sentenced to 120 months by the Honorable Judge J. Ronnie Greer, Senior United States Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to eliminate a Trump-era reporting requirement to provide transparency of labor organization finances and union boss spending...
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, June 9, with Acting Assistant Secretary JooYeun Chang at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services for an update on caring for unaccompanied children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: A Waxahachie nurse practitioner was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $52 million in restitution for his role in a health care fraud conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Paul James Jaramillo, III, 31, of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on May 24 on an indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Jaramillo will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Bulgarian national was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to create counterfeit ATM cards and to withdraw money from the bank accounts of unsuspecting customers.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, June 9, with Acting Assistant Secretary JooYeun Chang at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services for an update on caring for unaccompanied children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The leader and organizer of a drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for selling nearly 36 pounds of methamphetamine during the conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Newport, Ore. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management honored Newport resident Sandy Hayden for her outstanding achievement as a volunteer at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. The recognition was part of the 2021 Making a Difference National Volunteer Awards ceremony. Volunteers like Hayden play a critical role in helping the BLM welcome millions of visitors annually to more than 245 million acres of public land across the American West.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Greeneville, Tenn. - On May 24. 2021, Justin Robert Feagins, 29, currently of Midway, Tennessee, was sentenced to 120 months by the Honorable Judge J. Ronnie Greer, Senior United States Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -- U.S. Park Rangers with Cape Lookout National Seashore are investigating a theft from one of the park-owned boats and are seeking information from the public.
