News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Leonardtown, Maryland man pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with an online dating site romance scam.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James T. Keefe, 40, of Florida, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The defendant was also sentenced to serve five years supervised release to include six months home detention.
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: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced a Record of Decision for the North Valley Geothermal Development Project San Emidio Geothermal Field proposed by Ormat Technologies Inc., which will produce climate-friendly renewable energy for Nevada and California. This project supports the Biden-Harris administration’s Executive Order Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad by expanding renewable energy opportunities on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Armando Segovia, 31, of Gallup, New Mexico, was arraigned today in federal court on an indictment charging him with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child who had not attained the age of 12. A federal grand jury indicted Segovia on April 14. Segovia will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for May 24.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: CHEYENNE. Wyo. - As Memorial Day weekend approaches the Bureau of Land Management and Wyoming State Forestry Division would like to remind everyone to celebrate Wyoming public lands and take precautions to prevent wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon J. Martino, of Wadestown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for his role in a firearms conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Victim was a 15-year-old runaway foster child.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Boca Raton man convicted of producing, distributing, and possessing sexual abuse material of children, including a toddler, was sentenced yesterday by a West Palm Beach federal district judge to 50 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $1.3 million in restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - A federal jury seated in Lafayette has returned a guilty verdict against Jarvis Pierre, 38, of Houston, Texas, convicting him on firearms charges following a week-long trial before United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr., announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a letter today to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting two classified briefings as a part of the COVID-19 origins investigation.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement in response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) providing key updates on the implementation process of the American Rescue Plan...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that on Thursday, May 20, 2021, Brandon D. Hibler, 35, of California, was sentenced by U.S. Judge Donald C. Nugent to 115 months imprisonment. Hibler pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug tracking crime and felon in possession of a firearm in January of 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Cheryl Lutts, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment on charges of wire fraud and mail fraud. These charges resulted from Lutts’ employment with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and its subsidiary, the Jewish Exponent, and later, the Encore Series, d/b/a The Philly POPS! Lutts is no longer employed by either non-profit organization.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: DENVER, Co. - A Bulgarian national was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by seeking to export controlled electronic equipment from the United States to the Russian military and space program under false pretenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man, leader of a $56 million criminal enterprise, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: This week during the G7 Climate and Environment Ministerial, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm thanked the United Kingdom for its leadership as this year’s G7 President and launched the new G7 Industrial Decarbonization Agenda (IDA), an ambitious initiative to tackle climate change and reduce ...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Acres: 500 Acres Percent Containment: 0%.
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.
