News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Roxanne Bates, 52, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of theft of public money, acknowledging that she took her mother’s Social Security benefits for almost eight years after her mother died.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Two Waynesboro, Ga., men and a Greenwood, S.C., man have been sentenced for participating in an illegal gambling operation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: ORLAND, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s East Park Reservoir and surrounding parklands will temporarily close on August 20 for dam inspection and maintenance. Work on the 111-year-old dam is scheduled when the reservoir level is lowest due to drought conditions and the infrastructure is more accessible.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), founders and co-chairs of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today issued the following statement on a new rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banning most uses of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide used on certain food crops and non-agricultural sites that has been linked to neurological damage and other adverse health impacts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Aug. 16, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal fund to help with firefighting costs for the Twenty-Five Mile Fire burning in Chelan County, Washington.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Pilots and interested members of the public are invited to learn how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are working together to give pilots real-time status of military airspace. The virtual workshop will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of California in combating the Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado County.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: The Phelps Lake outlet bridge will be closed for replacement beginning the evening of Wednesday, August 18. The closure is expected to be in place through fall 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Eldred, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, receipt, acquisition, or purchase of illegally transported protected plants, and falsification of records, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man was convicted at trial by a federal jury today of attempting to meet a law enforcement officer, posing online as a 14-year-old girl, for illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Bronx, New York, men were sentenced today to 29 months in prison each for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl to customers in New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Stanley Gene Schily, Sr., age 66, of Mobridge, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine as a result of a two-day federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Initial results are in from collaborative efforts to restore the wolf population and predator-prey dynamics on Isle Royale National Park. Over a two-week period in late April and early May, personnel from the National Park Service (NPS), State University of New York College of Environmental Science and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Ohio Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating Darknet-Based Bitcoin ‘Mixer’ That Laundered Over $300 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - Defendants previously indicted and later convicted in multiple cases for their participation in an opioid, methamphetamine, and cocaine distribution ring operating in Okaloosa County, Fla., were sentenced last week in the Northern District of Florida. The prosecutions were the result of a large-scale multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) over the past two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Phoenix, Arizona, man convicted of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was sentenced on July 8, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Columbus, OH - United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Michael Nichols was arrested Aug. 17, 2021 in Baytown, Texas. Nichols was wanted by the Columbus Police Department (CPD) and the Ohio Adult Parole Authority on separate warrants. CPD Homicide Detectives obtained a Franklin Municipal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Patrick Collins, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - Defendants previously indicted and later convicted in multiple cases for their participation in a methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana ring operating in Crestview, Fla., were sentenced last week in the Northern District of Florida. The prosecutions were the result of a large-scale multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office during a two-year investigation.
