News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The lead defendant in an indictment alleging that a drug trafficking organization shipped thousands of pounds of methamphetamine all over the world - sometimes hidden inside consumer and industrial products - arrived in the United States today after being extradited from France.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will travel to Brussels, Ankara, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and Honolulu May 25 to June 4.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wilmington man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Feb. 18, 2021, Harold Davon Leonard pled guilty to the charges.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: The United States supports the recommendations of the African Union Peace and Security Council regarding Chad, and we join the African Union and our international partners in calling for a peaceful, timely, and civilian-led transition of power to a democratically elected government before October 2022.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Brecksville, Ohio - Beginning May 24, the Buckeye Trail between Riverview Road in Boston Township and Snowville Road in Brecksville will be closed for approximately 120 days. The National Park Service will be completing a major trail improvement project. A detour using the Towpath Trail will be in place for hikers passing through the area on the Buckeye Trail. Access to Blue Hen Falls will be closed for the duration of the project.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), based in Georgia, have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that Sava violated the False Claims Act by causing its skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to bill the...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - On May 24, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Clark County Fire Department, Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service are implementing fire restrictions in Southern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Corey Andrew Carnegie (34, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute narcotics, including 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Lincoln man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing firearms after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) $7.5 million for COVID-19 emergency protective measures.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State and the Lebanese Armed Forces held their inaugural Defense Resourcing Conference on May 21, 2021. Senior Official for Arms Control and International Security C.S. Eliot Kang headed the U.S. delegation and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Joseph Aoun headed the...
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Comptroller General Eugene Dodaro requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) undertake a review of Child Protection Compacts (CPC), a key Department of State initiative to combat international child trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Sean Scott, 43, of Schuylkill County, was sentenced to 51 months’ imprisonment to be followed by four years on supervised release on May 20, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for conspiring to possess and distribute fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: Washington -Effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), together with South Carolina Clemson University's Department of Plant Industry (DPI), is adding portions of Charleston and Dorchester Counties to the quarantine area for the Asian ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BENTON, Ill. - Johnny J. Collado, 30, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 28 months in.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Wright, age 33, of Syracuse, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering of drug proceeds, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of firearms by...
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will travel to Brussels, Ankara, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and Honolulu May 25 to June 4.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: More information about Solomon Islands is available on the Solomon Islands Country Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-10To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsAPHIS is amending the Federal Order and Letter issued on May 20, 2021 (DA-2020-22 and DA-2021-06) to remove Costa Rica from the list of countries where Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4 (Foc ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Crimes Against Children Human Trafficking Task Force for suspected child exploitation offenses.
