News from August 2021
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 17, 2021
The US Justice Department published a two page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 17, 2021
The US Justice Department published a two page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: In a new op-ed for Barron’s, Senator Portman, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discusses the important permitting reforms included in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act - the landmark bipartisan billion infrastructure legislation which he led and which recently passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 69-30.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A former U.S. Navy petty officer stationed at Submarine Base Kings Bay awaits sentencing after admitting to distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A man who was on the run for two years before being apprehended in New Hanover County was sentenced last Thursday to 52 months in prison for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A local man was sentenced July 29 in federal court to 10 years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute five grams and more of methamphetamine, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Madison, Wisconsin man is charged with gun crimes in an indictment returned on Aug. 11, 2021 by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The charges are announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Victor Yao Apeletey, 40, of Ghana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to export stolen motor vehicles. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), as well as Lead Republican and Chairman of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy Subcommittee Reps. Mark Green (R-TN) and Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ), issued a joint statement in response to ongoing efforts to help the Haitian people recover from the earthquake that struck the country over the weekend.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Penicillium rubens strain NRRL 1951 is better known as the mold behind large-scale production of the powerful antibiotic penicillin. Today, it became the official State Microbe of Illinois in a bill-signing ceremony that included representatives of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility where advances in deep-tank fermentation more than 77 years ago helped make the mold's life-saving drug available for use on the frontlines of World War II.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today an investment of $69 million to address critical food and nutrition security needs of low-income communities enduring the pandemic, enhance the resilience of food and healthcare systems impacted by the pandemic, and maximize funds reaching...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - One of eight individuals indicted in April 2021 in connection with a large fraud and money laundering scheme pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Defendant Apprehended and Prosecuted as Part of “Operation Dragoneante," a Multinational Anti-Drug Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Aug. 1 - Aug. 7, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas men are facing prison sentences after taking part in a pair of bank robberies. A federal jury convicted Michael Shiferaw, 22, of Olathe of two counts of Armed Bank Robbery, and two counts of Discharging a Firearm in Connection with a Bank Robbery. Kenya Breakfield, 23, of Olathe pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery and one count of Discharging a Firearm in Connection with a Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Justice Department Files Suit to Stop Utah Physician from Issuing Opioid and Other Prescriptions in Violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Rakim Royster of Raleigh was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Royster pled guilty to the charge on March 25, 2021.
