News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Brandon Weber, age 47, of Lincoln, was sentenced May 20, 2021 by United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart to one year of probation for the Unlawful Sale of an Unregistered Pesticide. Weber was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.7 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, to strengthen, expand, and scale its work supporting entrepreneurship and job creation. This EDA grant will be matched with $813,068 in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Paul Kwak and Michelle Kwak have been indicted on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration by filing fraudulent applications in the Economic Impact Disaster Loan (“EIDL") Program. Congress created EIDL as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES") Act to help businesses weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office will begin a gather of 300 wild burros in the Centennial Herd Area located in San Bernardino and Inyo counties, roughly 10 miles north and east of Ridgecrest, on Friday, May 28. The gather is necessary to address resource impacts and reduce the risk of burro-vehicle collisions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A New York man was arrested today in Minneapolis on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of cocaine on a flight from New York to San Francisco, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: More Than 40 Student Victims Suspected to Date.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joan Brown, 80, of Bristol, PA, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,016,900 in restitution by United States District Judge Joshua Wolson for her scheme to embezzle credit union funds for which she provided management services through a company which she co-founded.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) announces new spring and summer education programs. Discover a new skill, conduct a science experiment, or create a work of art in a program with the National Lakeshore. Try one of the options below for students to learn about their park!.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a notice of informal hearing on the agency's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
By State Newswire | May 20, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Republic of Cameroon as you celebrate National Day on May 20.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to hacking the human resources databases of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and stealing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of more than 65,000 UPMC employees, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Darrel Meléndez-Rivera with an attempted kidnapping of a woman in Bayamón, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Lawrence Guerain Fleming, 37, of Fairfield, charging him with two counts of being a felon in possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed following Fleming’s arrested on May 19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury brought a 14-count indictment against Christopher Lawrence Smith, 34, of Bakersfield, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, bank fraud, use and possession of unauthorized debit and credit cards, aggravated identity theft, possession of stolen mail, and unauthorized possession of Postal Service keys and locks, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to two counts of wire fraud in a scheme to steal federal funds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Breen with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
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 Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Johnston County man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On Oct. 22, 2020, without a plea agreement, Justin Lynn Chapman pled guilty to the indictment which charged conduct that concluded on Nov. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Having been found guilty following a 3-day jury trial in September 2020, William Farrell Russell, 47, has now been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for possession and distribution of child pornography depicting the sexual abuse of children under twelve years of age. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: For 2021, a likely range of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 5 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher) is expected. NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence. The Atlantic hurricane season extends from June 1 through November 30.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Wescott Electric Company (“Wescott"), of Aston, PA, has agreed to pay $54,983 and implement enhanced compliance measures to resolve claims arising from its use of Chinese-made parts during a fire alarm installation and renovation project at Amtrak’s William H. Gray 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, PA.
