News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Norfolk man today on charges of participating in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl, acetyl-fentanyl, and heroin in the Hampton Roads region. He was convicted of all five counts related to the drug conspiracy, including distribution of fentanyl resulting in a young woman’s death.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -The Bureau of Land Management has opened campgrounds and one undeveloped camping area in time for the May 28 start of fishing season at Eagle Lake and in northern California streams.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: MADISON, WI - Airport security checkpoints at Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) and across Wisconsin are seeing a significant rise in the number of departing travelers. Despite these increases, TSA is prepared to handle the increased travel volume this summer and the agency is committed to supporting a healthy and secure environment for airline passengers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mariah Jones, 30, of Farmington, New Mexico, was arraigned on May 20 in federal court on a three-count indictment charging her with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug-trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal grand jury indicted Jones on April 23. Jones will remain in custody pending trial.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park will host American Indian artists at the Colter Bay Visitor Center this summer to share their traditional and contemporary art with park visitors. This annual summer program, which has been in existence since the mid-1970s, will begin on Tuesday, May 25. Participating artists will demonstrate and share the cultural traditions of their tribes through art forms such as painting, weaving, pottery, beadwork, musical instruments, and more.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Received Over $35,000 in Benefits to Which He Was Not Entitled from Three States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Government Operations Subcommittee, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with Rep. John B. Larson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security, and Rep. Danny K. Davis, Chairman of...
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Possessed a Loaded Gun Despite Multiple Prior Felony Convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Anthony Miceli, age 28, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania was sentenced in United States District Court on May 19, 2021 to serve 220 months in prison for attempted enticement of a minor and traveling to engage in illicit sexual activity, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas J. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 20, 2021, Edward E. Matthes (age 51), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for carrying out a $2.6 million dollar investment scheme that defrauded 27 victims, most of whom were elderly. Matthes had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - Today, law enforcement officials from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S Attorney’s Office, Idaho State Police, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene Police Departments are warning the public about a sharp increase in fatal overdoses connected to the highly potent and often deadly drug, fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Holly Springs man was sentenced today to one year of probation for impersonating an agent of the Department of Homeland Security. On Feb. 19, 2021, Allen David Reinemund pled guilty to a one count criminal information charging him with Impersonation of an Officer or Employee of the United States. Reinemund was also ordered to pay a $500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, ME - An Aroostook County man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in two separate cases for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
Release: More information about Laos is available on the Laos country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Harmon-Wright fired several shots into the air.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that DONOVAN DIRON JOHNSON (“JOHNSON"), age 27, of Thibodaux, LA pled guilty on May 18, 2021 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to being a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of violence found in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(9).
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Brian Christopher King (62, Interlachen) has pleaded guilty to transmitting communications in interstate commerce that contained threats to injure the person of another. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
