News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Columbus, OH - United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Lloyd Christian was arrested on May 20, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. The Jefferson County Municipal Court charged Christian with Aggravated Robbery charges. These charges stem from an incident occurring on or about May 3, 2021, where Christian allegedly brandished a firearm inside a bank within the City of Steubenville, Ohio.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with her colleagues on the committee, Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.), praised the passage of S. Res. 217, a bipartisan ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Garth, of Bellaire, Ohio, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Central Oregon - Annual campfire restrictions will go into effect June 1, 2021 on portions of the Deschutes, John Day, White and Crooked Rivers, as well as on BLM-administered lands along Lake Billy Chinook.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Michael Guzman, 43, of Denver, N.C., appeared before U.S. District Judge David S. Cayer and pleaded guilty to federal charges for defrauding his former employer of more than $4 million, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement ahead of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s summit with President Biden this week:
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that ongoing drought conditions require the Delta Cross Channel gates to remain closed until further notice to help maintain water quality standards. Typically, the gates are opened on weekends for recreational purposes from May 21 through June, as well as holiday weekends.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, highlighted the important role the forestry sector plays in addressing climate change and how Congress can build on the sector’s successes by encouraging proper management of private and public forests.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Three Sampson County men were sentenced yesterday to a total of 916 months in prison, collectively, for the kidnapping and torture of two victims, one under the age of eighteen.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Republicans unveiled the American Broadband Act to help close the digital divide by ensuring broadband infrastructure reaches all Americans and is not used to fund duplicative and wasteful overbuilding. Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee are leading the way...
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: CLANTON, Ala. - Renters in Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph, and Shelby counties whose homes and personal property were damaged by the March 25-26 storms and tornadoes can apply for federal disaster assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Hector Rivera Ayala, 32, of Manchester, has been charged in federal court with robbing a bank and four gas stations, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Richmond, Kentucky, man was found guilty today, by a federal jury sitting in Covington, of possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass - Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom has announced that several seasonal seashore operations will be starting up in late May, including weekend fee collection at some beaches and the start of weekend tram service between Little Creek and Coast Guard Beach in Eastham.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Department of Energy announced it is seeking public input to initiate the rulemaking process for new lightbulb energy efficiency standards...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, that DONTE MOORE, an Orleans Parish resident, pled guilty as charged to a two-count superseding bill of information for carjacking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(1) and for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i).
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) introduced bipartisan legislation to eliminate pension payments for Members of Congress who have been convicted of various criminal offenses.
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Department of Energy announced it is seeking public input to initiate the rulemaking process for new lightbulb energy efficiency standards...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: FORT SMITH - A Fort Smith man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Judge P.K Holmes, III, presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
