News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Shannon White, 44, of Bryson City, N.C. was sentenced to 21 years in prison late yesterday for distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger ordered White to serve three under court supervision after she is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man who admitted he sexually abused a minor on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and to seven years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 53-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to entice a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: HARRISON, Neb. May 28, 2021 - Fossil discoveries, ranching history and American Indian culture combine to make Agate Fossil Beds a unique resource for the Nebraska Panhandle for over half a century. On Saturday, June 5th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the monument is celebrating its 56th anniversary with guest speakers and demonstrators from around the region on each of these topics. The event will be free, family-friendly, and fun!.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: By the Southeast Regional Office. Food and Nutrition Service. When Rebecca and Parker Catt became parents, they faced a new set of challenges, including making the right choices in deciding what their baby James should be fed. After Rebecca heard about the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women...
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Texas woman was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday in connection with her alleged involvement in a scheme to fraudulently claim COVID-19-related unemployment assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Aleksandr Zhukov Boasted He Was the “King of Fraud".
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the sentencings, in April and May 2021, of the following defendants for convictions for receiving and possessing Coast Guard issued merchant mariners licenses to which they were not entitled: JONATHAN ABBEY, RAFAEL ATKINS, CHARLES FRANKS, JERRY FUDGE, JUSTIN GANDY, ANTHONY GARCES, EDWARD JONES, BRANDON MACK, HUGO MARQUEZ, MILES MARTS, DEVERICK MORROW, OCTAVIAN RICHARDS, ANTWAINE TRAVIS, and ROBERT WINTERS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lucas Anderson, 26, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 48 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Anderson pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 23, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, in the continental United States and is taking action alongside state partners and industry to contain and eradicate the invasive pest that was imported ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The former bookkeeper of a New Bedford-based seafood company was sentenced yesterday in connection with embezzling nearly $600,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A former Little Rock gang leader of the Wolfe Street Crips has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a marijuana conspiracy as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Thursday afternoon, United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker sentenced Machita Mitchell, Jr., aka “Frog", 45, to 180 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Las Vegas Woman Arrested and Charged with Illegally Exporting Goods to Iran.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - An Orange County man was sentenced Friday to 24 months in federal prison for operating an illegal virtual-currency money services business that exchanged up to $25 million - some of it on behalf of criminals - through in-person transactions and a network of Bitcoin ATM-type kiosks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 29, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a two-count indictment, which was unsealed today, charging six defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States...
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: The President’s FY 2022 Budget requests $58.5 billion for the State Department and USAID. The funding request invests in the core foundations of our country’s strength and delivers for the American people, including by working with allies and partners to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate...
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after a majority of Senate Republicans voted to block the formation of an independent commission, modeled on the 9/11 Commission, to investigate the domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man who operated an interstate commercial sex trafficking business and distributed drugs has been sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison.
