News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated today that a Federal Grand Jury has returned a 21-count indictment charging Star Barkley, 39, of Ladson, and Audrina Lincoln, 30, of Charleston, for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Led law enforcement on a high-speed chase in Clay County.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: AFGHANISTAN. COLOMBIA / PANAMA. VENEZUELA. POLAND. BRAZIL. BAHRAIN.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A federal jury convicted a Macon resident with a lengthy criminal history of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and Tramadol, as well as illegally possessing a firearm and possessing a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 50-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for smuggling goods from the United States and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Due to technical difficulties the Bureau of Reclamation re-announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. Today’s release includes draft repayment contracts from the Central Valley Project Delta and Friant contractors for a 60-day public comment period. These represent seven of over 80 repayment contract conversions requested by federal CVP contractors.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: DENVER - FEMA has provided $2.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services’ (DES) COVID-19 response. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 31, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $38.8 million for Montana’s COVID-19 response to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALLEN LUSMAT, 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: San Fernando Valley Man Found Guilty in Terror Plot to Bomb a Rally in Long Beach.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: By Food and Nutrition Service Public Affairs.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Houston resident was sentenced Aug. 12, to prison for smuggling goods from the United States and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - A Belleville man is facing at least 10 years in prison after a federal jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Birmingham man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Humberto Baez, a produce importer based in Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Allyne R. Ross to 13 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to import and distribute cocaine, and for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. Baez was convicted by a jury in February 2019 following a two-week trial before the late United States District Judge Jack B. Weinstein.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The former general manager of the hospital dining facility at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing more than $69,000 from the cash registers.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the city of Sikeston, Missouri, to support development of the South Industrial Park. This EDA project, to be matched with $657,000 in other federal funds and $236,700 in local funds, is expected to create 100 jobs and generate nearly $30 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: For Defrauding the U.S Treasury Department’s Mortgage Assistance Program in Indiana.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO -- The National Park Service (NPS) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) invite the public to celebrate the Grand Opening of Pullman National Monument Visitor Center and State Historic Site grounds on Labor Day weekend, September 4 and 5, 2021. The weekend will feature tours of the visitor center and historic Hotel Florence, interpretive programming, and a host of events and activities organized by partners throughout the Pullman Historic District.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: The Bear Creek Fire continues to burn slowly along the southern portion of the fire’s perimeter. The fire remains an estimated 1,000 acres. An increase in fire behavior could occur over the next few days due to hot and dry temperatures; cooler and wetter temperatures are predicted to return to the area early next week.
