News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Charges Unsealed Against Former Chadian Diplomats to the U.S. Charged in Connection with International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GREGORY CRAWFORD, 37, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gabriel Mata, 27, of Fresno, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Three medical professionals who helped a local hospice agency scam Medicare have been convicted of healthcare fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
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: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced on Friday, May 21, 2021 in federal court in Springfield for drug distribution charges.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the chairman’s mark ahead of Wednesday’s Finance Committee markup of the Clean Energy for America Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: On May 24, 2021, David Michael Wright, Sr., 58, of Hixson pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with wire fraud and money laundering. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 1, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., before the Honorable Travis R. McDonough in the United States District Court for the Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Completed more than 1,600 sales on sites such as AlphaBay, Dream Market and Wall Street Market.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk sentenced Keith Delmas Thomas to 70 months in prison today. The 30-year-old St. Louis County, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Hines, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today the Steens Mountain Advisory Council has scheduled a spring virtual meeting. The public is welcome to attend online, Thursday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Visit the Steens Mountain Advisory Council website at.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2021
Release: BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a woman from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) on Saturday, May 22. This was the third firearm detection this year and third in the less than two weeks by TSA officers at BOS security checkpoints.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Madam President, the Senate is debating the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, one of the most important health care jobs in the country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: An Emanuel County man has admitted operating an animal fighting venture, representing the third owner of a cockfighting operation in the Southern District to enter a guilty plea to federal charges.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, sent a bicameral letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting a revised Medicare Hospital Insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Rodney Allen Rowan, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - An enhanced rescue hoist glove will soon be available for first responders. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) collaborated with Higher Dimension Materials, Inc. (HDM) and North Carolina State University Textile Protect and Comfort Center to identify and develop the best materials with which to create a more durable and flexible glove for rescue hoist operations.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE - A 31-year-old ‘dark web’ heroin dealer was sentenced today in U.S. District Court here to five years in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Zachary Madding of Mill Creek, was arrested at a long-stay hotel in Mukilteo, after a horrific assault on his estranged girlfriend.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: If the challenges we’ve faced over the past 18 months have taught us anything, it’s that it takes a village to combat threats to security and critical infrastructure at home and worldwide. The pandemic has shown us that the success and efficiency of developments in science and technology really do rely...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that D’Mario Caesar, 34, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life.
