News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: A man who was found in a rental van with ammunition and methamphetamine in a syringe pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: CONCORD -Tyler Townsend, 27, of Dover, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with sex trafficking of a minor and production of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Dearborn resident Ali Rameh Bazzi pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering arising out of a $500,000 investment fraud scheme, announced acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state, local and tribal response efforts to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Fred, beginning on Aug. 13 and continuing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A member of the 11 Hunnit street gang from the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 117 months’ imprisonment on his conviction for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Washington - Organic producers and handlers can now apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds to assist with the cost of receiving or maintaining organic certification. Applications for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP) are due Nov. 1, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Randolph Michael Smith, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have removed highly radioactive components from a reactor pool in a facility slated for demolition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Colombian man was sentenced to nearly three decades in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Shuntae Kirksey, 26, of Tallahassee, Florida was sentenced yesterday to 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty on April 18, 2021, to one count of production of child pornography. Destin Banks, 32, of Tallahassee, Florida was sentenced yesterday to 130 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Fort McDermitt Shoshone Paiute Tribe member today for murdering two women who were also members of the Tribe.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Golden Valley man was sentenced yesterday to 270 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for transporting images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Xavier Gentry, 33, Menomonie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 54 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm as a convicted felon. This prison sentence will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Gentry pleaded guilty to this charge on May 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a loaded handgun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement announcing that he has invited Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to testify at a hearing as early as possible before the Committee to apprise Congress of the situation unfolding in Afghanistan...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a seven-day trial, a jury found Dawniel Santangelo, 43, of Stockton, guilty today of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a child, three counts of sex trafficking of a child, and one count of transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samuel Zito, 31, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation Lead Republican Steve Chabot (R-OH) and all committee Republicans are calling on President Biden to commit to continuing evacuation flights out...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -Denico Anderson, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 548 months in prison for his role in three armed bank robberies and related charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
