News from August 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorkas issuing a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin on the current terrorism threat...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Takiyah Gordon Austin, age 46, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was charged ina 29-count Indictment on July 20, 2021, wich conducting a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits related to COVID-19 emergency relief funds. The case was unsealed on Aug. 12, 2021, following Austin's initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A High Desert physician remains in federal custody today after his arrest Wednesday on charges of illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances - including opioid-based medications - during telemedicine sessions with “patients" from across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Arturo Muñoz, 67, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 11 to eight years in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Muñoz pleaded guilty on Nov. 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today William Stenger, 72, of Newport, Vermont, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford in United States District Court in Burlington to a felony count of knowingly and willfully submitting false documents to the Vermont Regional Center (“VRC") in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also called the AnC Vermont project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly robbed three convenience stores on Christmas Eve.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: With the 100th birthday of Timpanogos Cave National Monument on the horizon, the National Park Service is kicking off the centennial count down with a calendar of events for the 2021-2022 year. With activities in the canyon to special events in the surrounding community, there is something for everyone to celebrate 100 years of Timpanogos Cave National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today the sentences of defendants who were indicted in multiple cases and convicted for their participation in an opioid, methamphetamine, and cocaine distribution ring previously active...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Crescent City, CA-In order to perform bridge replacement work, the Lost Man Creek Trail in Redwood National Park-and its access road from Hwy. 101 to the trailhead and picnic area-will be closed to the public starting Aug. 16, 2021. The closure includes the entire Lost Man Creek Trail, including its...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dominic Luis Escalera, 37, of Allentown, PA, was charged by Indictment on charges of murder-for-hire and being a felon in possession of a firearm related to a plot to kill two individuals in the Allentown area earlier this year.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Boaters are advised that the Wahweap Main Ramp will be closed to motorized vessels beginning Monday, August 16 due to low water conditions. Vessels up to 36 feet in length and 8 feet 6 inches wide may utilize the Wahweap Auxiliary Ramp from 6 a.m. MST until 7:30 p.m. MST daily. National Park Service staff have already begun to direct boaters to the Wahweap Auxiliary Ramp. Non-motorized vessels may continue to launch and retrieve from Wahweap Main Ramp.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud a Massachusetts-based company by falsifying invoices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Antonio Cortez Darden, of Maugansville, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: In recent weeks, the United States imposed sanctions on Cuban military and security leaders and units in response to the Cuban regime’s violent suppression of peaceful protesters on and after July 11. Today, we are enacting additional sanctions in connection with this repression. We take this action pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send best wishes and congratulations to the people of the Republic of Korea as you celebrate your National Day on August 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Prior to His Arrest, Jaime Santana, a/k/a “Smiley," Was the Highest Ranking Non-Incarcerated Member of the “L.A. Program" of MS-13 in the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Missouri, woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: "This morning the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued its decision in State ex rel. Matloff v. Wallace holding the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma does not apply retroactively. The United States Attorney’s offices in Oklahoma are reviewing today’s OCCA opinion and assessing...
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I offer best wishes to the people of Pakistan as they celebrate their Independence Day.
