News from August 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Tallahassee has convicted John Thomas Burnette, 44, of Tallahassee, Florida of one count of Extortion Under Color of Official Right, two counts of Honest Services Fraud by Bribery, one count of Use of Interstate Commerce Facilities to Promote Bribery, and one count of Making False Statements to a Federal Officer. The guilty verdict was returned Aug. 13, 2021, at the conclusion of a fifteen-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Maine Violent Offender Task Force and Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of Neil Roy Canney, 52, and Selena Canney, 49, in Carter County, TN. Both individuals were sought by Maine authorities and were considered armed and dangerous. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, today announced that LISA AZINHEIRA and L.A. VISION LLC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and have agreed to pay $678,901.21 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Martin Ruiz Targeted Elderly Clients in New Mexico in Long-Running Scheme.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on members of an international oil smuggling network, the leaders of which have provided support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). This action targets an oil broker from Oman who, in partnership with senior IRGC-QF officials, has ...
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on members of an international oil smuggling network, the leaders of which have provided support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). This action targets an oil broker from Oman who, in partnership with senior IRGC-QF officials, has...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Dwayne Purdie Jr., age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Greenpeace Unearthed requesting information regarding deceptive videos their team produced that appear to be substantially edited and fail to provide proper context and a true record of the conversation that occurred with Exxon employee, Keith McCoy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Fayetteville, North Carolina woman, Lakisha Victoria McDougald, was sentenced today to 30 months and three years of supervised release for theft of government funds. McDougald was also ordered to pay $233,913 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On May 11, 2021, McDougald pled guilty to the charge.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-On Aug. 11, 2021 at approximately 8:30 pm, a coyote bit a 3-year-old female on North Herring Cove Beach within Cape Cod National Seashore. Park rangers responded to the incident. The child was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Park rangers identified, shot...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Robertsdale, Alabama, man was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2021, to 84 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ice.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to acquiring over 50,000 dosage units of prescription medications through fraudulent means.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) announced the expansion of its Firearms Technical Assistance Project (FTAP) to help communities across the country reduce domestic violence homicides and injuries committed with firearms. OVW will award an estimated $6 million for up to 12 sites and $4 million for training and technical assistance on firearms and domestic violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Alejandra Y. Castillo was sworn in as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. The action follows the Aug. 11, unanimous U.S. Senate vote to confirm Castillo as the new administrator of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: Kula, Maui -The National Park Service has released a new short film called Drawing Connections: Haleakalā National Park. The film sheds light on how climate change is impacting the park’s most critical endangered species, Hawaiian honeycreepers. Honeycreepers are a unique group of forest birds found only in Hawai’i, which once had more than 50 species. Today, only 17 species remain, some with fewer than 500 individuals left. .
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Aug. 3, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 65-count indictment against Chris Oliver, 23, of Gilbert, Arizona, Michael Kelly, 23, of Tempe, Arizona, and Dion Delpino, 23, of Gilbert, Arizona, for conspiracy to make false statements in acquisition of firearms and 63 instances of making a false statement during the purchase of firearms. In addition, the indictment charges Oliver with dealing firearms without a license.
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: The United States is imposing sanctions on members of an international oil smuggling network, the leaders of which have provided support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). This action targets an oil broker from Oman who, in partnership with senior IRGC-QF officials, has...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - James Matthew Hembree, of Snellville, Georgia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
