News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: National Park Service in partnership with San Bernardino County Sheriffs and the California Highway Patrol, is conducting a missing person search at Joshua Tree National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that RACHAEL MYLA STAGNER, of Lander, Wyoming, age 36 was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Johnson sentenced her to 21 months of imprisonment. Stagner was indicted on Sept. 16, 2020 and later pled guilty on January 4, 2021 for making false accusations that she was sexually assaulted by a white male on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Two members of Primeiro Comando da Massachusetts (PCM), a gang with Brazilian origins, were sentenced on Friday, May 21, 2021 in connection with racketeering, committing armed robberies, and gun and drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - As part of the commitment to improve forest resiliency and sustainability, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roseburg District is proposing a plan to maintain and enhance habitat diversity within Late-Successional and Riparian Reserves throughout the South River Field Office. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Joined with others burning trash and blocking exits.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2021
Release: PITTSBURGH - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to see travel volume increase out of Pittsburgh International Airport this summer and the agency is prepared to handle the increase in travelers while remaining committed to supporting a healthy and secure environment for airline passengers...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Salvador Castro Jr., 51, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 17 years and six months in prison for conspiring to sell over 500 grams of methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for launching an investigation into a massive, no-bid contract awarded to Endeavors Inc.-a nonprofit linked to the Biden-Harris Transition Team.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - A previously convicted felon whose crime spree ended when he was shot by a store employee will spend nearly four decades in federal prison for a string of armed robberies and carjackings across Georgia and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Houston man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), announced a $6.5 million request for proposals (RFP) to develop new technologies for purifying non-traditional water sources. The advancements in desalination technologies will help propel the modernization of America’s water infrastructure, increase access to clean, potable water and move the country towards net-zero emissions by 2050.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been arrested and charged in federal court with carjacking after he allegedly took a vehicle at gunpoint near Garfield Park in Chicago late last week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on May 17, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Oakland man pleaded guilty in federal court today to destruction of letter boxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Brandon Quane Hudson, 36, of Macon, Georgia was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as crack, and methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hudson will serve five years of supervised release upon completion of his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Admitted She Received Over $813,000 Through False Dental Billing.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: On Sunday, May 23, 2021, at approximately, 3:00 a.m. National Park Service dispatchers received a report of a person in distress near Milepost 63 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Law Enforcement Rangers, along with Amherst County rescue personnel, responded to the area to find two passengers of a vehicle parked...
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed civil penalties ranging from $9,000 to $15,000 against five airline passengers for allegedly interfering with and, in two cases, assaulting flight attendants who instructed them to obey cabin crew instructions and various federal regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was charged in connection with possessing a firearm, several rounds of ammunition, as well as controlled substances with the intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury convicted two men on May 21, of committing four armed robberies, including two banks and the same Starbucks coffeehouse twice.
