News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: QUESTION: So welcome to Iceland, Mr. Blinken.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Billings man who admitted selling methamphetamine in parking lot deals from his BMW or Range Rover was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and to five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Carron Primus to 38 months in prison today and ordered Primus to pay more than $87,000 in restitution. The 41-year-old Maryland Heights, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Chester “Chet" Risco (36, North Fort Myers) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Risco had pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing the drug on Sept. 1, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: VICKSBURG, Miss - On June 2, the National Park Service (NPS) is hosting a virtual public meeting to introduce the Vicksburg National Military Park-Wide Road System Study and to seek initial input. The completed study will provide recommendations for options to manage the Park’s roadway structures more sustainably, explore new alignments for roadways, and assess the reduction and addition of elements.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Global Climate Finance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 36-year-old Edinburg man has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to his role in a large cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee Ranking Member Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.)led a forum on the catastrophic drought situation across the American West.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today convened a hearing with supply chain, pharmaceutical, and medical experts on how the Trump Administration failed to anticipate shortages of critical drugs and medical supplies,...
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, May 18, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) addressed the American Public Transportation Association’s Legislative Conference and Virtual Fly-In. APTA represents all modes of public transportation, including bus, paratransit, light rail, commuter rail, subways, and waterborne service, along with intercity and high-speed passenger rail.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Brothers Obtained COVID-19 Relief Funds By Creating Numerous Fake Businesses Along With Fraudulent Incorporation And Tax Documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - BRISHUN GARY, age 19, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty on May 17, 2021 to conspiracy to commit bank larceny, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. GARY faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Sentencing is scheduled for September 8, 2021 before the Honorable Susie Morgan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man and two men from South Carolina have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including five pistols and one rifle, in and around Essex County, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Newark Division Craig B. Kailimai, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned witnesses at a second hearing to examine supply chain vulnerabilities during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and what the United States can do to...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, along with Gregory Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Devin Nunes, the Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee, introduced the Helping American Victims...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Medicrea International, a French medical device manufacturer, and its American affiliate Medicrea USA Inc., have agreed to pay.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a second hearing to examine the supply chain vulnerability during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Portman highlighted the importance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging EDWARD NAVEDO, a/k/a “Eddy Bolsas," with distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ricky V. McLaughlin, 63, of Belpre, Ohio was sentenced to 87 months in prison for wire fraud. He was also ordered to pay over $700,000 in restitution.
