News published on Federal Newswire in May 2021

News from May 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.


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, 27, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty to one felony count of civil disorder, charged in a felony information, for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City Police Department patrol car during the civil unrest which occurred in Salt Lake City on May 30, 2020.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Ricardo Arce, Vicki Sowell and Jonathan Gonzalez have been charged in federal court with hostage taking.


Justice Department Reaches Settlement with New Hampshire School District to Protect English Learner Students

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Justice Department announced a settlement agreement with the Nashua School District to resolve the department’s investigation into the school district’s programs for its English learner students. The department’s investigation found widespread failures to provide these students...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two United States Postal Service (USPS) employees pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges accusing them of unlawfully buying and cashing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of Postal money orders with unemployment benefits fraudulently obtained with false claims of COVID-related job losses.


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 two counts of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Former Erie City Council President Sentenced for Defrauding the Non-Profit She Founded to Cover Her Gambling and Personal Expenses

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - The former president of Erie City Council and founder of an Erie non-profit organization has been sentenced in federal court to one year and a day in prison on her conviction of wire fraud and false writing or document to the government, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


Local Man Admits Setting Fire to Pittsburgh Police Vehicle and Interfering with Law Enforcement during May 30, 2020 Protest

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiring to set fire to property of an organization that receives federal funding and unlawful interference with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.



Driver Involved in Dimmit County Crash that Resulted in Five Deaths Enters Guilty Plea

News Release: DEL RIO - Jorge Luis Monsivais, Jr., 23 of Eagle Pass, pleaded guilty today to federal charges in connection with a smuggling scheme that resulted in the deaths of five undocumented noncitizens.



Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Steal Trade Secrets From Nevada Defense Company

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today to attempting to steal trade secrets belonging to his employer, a Nevada-based defense contractor.


Bayou La Batre Man Sentenced To More Than 23 Years for Two Armed Robberies

News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that on May 13, 2021, En Chim was sentenced in federal court to more than 23 years in prison after being convicted by a jury of all counts of a five-count indictment. En Chim was sentenced to 115 months custody for...


Rosebud Man Sentenced for Assaulting Federal Officer

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on May 17, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


California and Massachusetts Schools Win DOE's 31st National Science Bowl®

Release: DOE’s Annual Competition Highlights Importance of Investing in Next Generation of Leaders in Science


News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (May 24, 2021) --- Effective Wednesday, May 26, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside County man who used a Molotov cocktail in an attempt to destroy the East Valley Republican Women Federated (EVRWF) office in La Quinta was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison.


Eagle Butte Man Convicted by Federal Jury for Meth Trafficking

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Anthony Story, age 42, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was found guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance as a result of a two-day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.


News Release: BOSTON - A Granby man was sentenced on Friday, May 21, 2021 in federal court in Springfield for child exploitation offenses.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 20 unsealed Indictments charging 21 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.