News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: In April 2021, the Biden Administration launched an Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to strengthen the cybersecurity of the critical infrastructure across the United States. The initiative was kicked off with a 100-Day Action Plan for the U.S. electricity subsector led by the U.S...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office is cleaning up the area south of the Rock Springs landfill on Aug. 28 in an early celebration of National Public Lands Day (NPLD). Families, individuals, clubs and organizations are invited to join this effort to clean up our public lands.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: MONROE, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today toured the Port of Monroe with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, including Acting Commissioner Troy Miller, and Port of Monroe leaders to assess current operations and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Marcus Robinson, 45, of Winnabow, North Carolina, was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2021 to 128 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 280 grams or more of Crack Cocaine and 500 grams or more of Cocaine and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 280 grams or more of Crack Cocaine and 500 grams or more of Cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the animal and animal product import regulations to reflect the exit of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). The revised regulations will treat as separate entities Great Britain ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: MILWAUKEE -Transportation Security Administration officers at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) stopped two handguns from being brought onboard airplanes last week.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Luis Obispo County man was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two child pornography offenses and admitting that some of images in his collection depicted the sexual abuse of very young victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - On Friday, a federal district judge in West Palm Beach sentenced a Boca Raton resident who was on the lam for 15 years to 48 months in prison for duping victims into sending him money to open offshore or Las Vegas casino gambling accounts, which he never did. The judge also ordered the defendant to pay over $600,000 in restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - A Council Bluffs man was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 327 months in prison for Coercion and Enticement of minor foreign exchange students. According to court documents, Thomas Donald Boatright, age 52, pleaded guilty to the offenses in February 2021. His prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release. Boatright was ordered to pay restitution to the minor victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD - A large-scale multi-agency law enforcement operation led by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Baltimore Police Department’s Warrant Apprehension Task Force focused on wanted violent offenders and gang members, has concluded.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: DAYTON - A Burlington, Kentucky, woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for aiding and abetting her daughter in intimidating a witness after the murder of her ex-son-in-law.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: Defendant Also Must Pay $425,000 in Forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - DiTwan Davis, 26, of Goldsboro North Carolina, was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2021 to 118 months in prison for Possession of a firearm by a Convicted Felon and Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute a quantity of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man, Aubrey Gardner, 28, was sentenced today to total of 40 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for committing the offense while he was on federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: A convicted felon who was found with a firearm magazine on one day and a firearm for that magazine nine days later was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2021, to more than five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - A Council Bluffs man, Dylan Michael Joseph Hoffman, age 30, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 63 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. His term of imprisonment will be followed with three years of supervised release. According to court documents, Hoffman pleaded guilty to the offense in March of 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin Rumph, Jr., has pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of medical products. Rumph used his U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) issued credit card to buy over $1.9 million worth of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) equipment, which he stole and then sold.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Effective Monday Aug. 16, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management has re-opened 17, 769 acres of BLM-managed public lands closed by the East Troublesome Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - DiTwan Davis, 26, of Goldsboro North Carolina, was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2021 to 118 months in prison for Possession of a firearm by a Convicted Felon and Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute a quantity of methamphetamine.
