News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Wes Parker McDaniel, 52, of Merced, charging him with four counts of possessing unregistered destructive devices, manufacturing destructive devices, impersonating a federal agent, being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met virtually as part of regular Quad consultations to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region. This meeting seeks to build on and implement the historic discussions held between President Biden, Prime Minister Morrison, Prime Minister Modi, and Prime Minister Suga during the inaugural Quad Leaders’ Summit on March 12, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: RESNO, Calif. - Two Bakersfield men were charged today by a federal grand jury in separate indictments with being felons in possession of firearms, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Today, 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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Terrell, 36, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s decision to evacuate personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and to send in 3,000 additional U.S. troops to assist with that evacuation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A member of the 11 Hunnit street gang from the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 78 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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced that Eric Jahann Nixon, 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on firearm and drug charges, after having been convicted following a three-day trial in April. Nixon was convicted on being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, as well as possession of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Michael Craig Gorycki (51, Titusville) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison for attempted enticement of a 13-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Gorycki was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four men for a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. The indictment was returned on Aug. 11, 2021. The defendants were arrested on a related criminal complaint on Aug. 10, 2021. Charged in the indictment are.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has an opportunity for a volunteer campground host at Eagle Lake, California’s second largest natural lake, north of Susanville in Lassen County. The host is needed for the remainder of the summer and fall camping season that runs through mid November.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two Bakersfield men were charged today by a federal grand jury in separate indictments with being felons in possession of firearms, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: An Amarillo man has been sentenced to 35 years and five months in federal prison for gun and drug crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: More information about Greece is available on the Greece Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, PA - Thirty-one people - 29 residents of Cambria, Indiana, Allegheny, Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania, one resident of Long Beach, California, and one resident of Middletown, Delaware, - have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met virtually as part of regular Quad consultations to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region. This meeting seeks to build on and implement the historic discussions held between President Biden, Prime Minister Morrison, Prime Minister Modi, and Prime Minister Suga during the inaugural Quad Leaders’ Summit on March 12, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant was alleged leader of MS-13 clique responsible for 2018 murder of a 17-year-old in Lynn.
