News from August 2021
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 $1.2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the county of Bernalillo, New Mexico, to build fiber optic infrastructure to support business expansion. This EDA grant, to be matched with $303,147 in local funds, is expected to create 2,400 jobs and generate $190 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than three kilograms of heroin that was intercepted by law enforcement officers when it was shipped from California to Kansas City, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: More information about Turkey is available on the Turkey 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: 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: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Aug. 09, 2021, by Judge Charles B. Kornmann, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Marc Davis, 48, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man for unlawful dealing of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that Mitchell Glenn Bell, 45, of Monticello, Kentucky, was sentenced to 226 months in prison and five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two military men stationed at Fort Hood have entered guilty pleas to conspiring to transport undocumented aliens within the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that RONALD BLAISE JENKINS, 25, of Arapahoe Wyoming, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 22, 2021, for assault with a firearm resulting in serious bodily injury. The Indictment alleges that on January 5, 2021, Jenkins did knowingly carry, and discharge a firearm during and in relation to a federal crime of violence, namely, assault, resulting in serious bodily injury to the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: The Alleged Overbilling Involved Tobacco Cessation Services and Advanced Care Planning.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - At the end of a re-trial prompted by appellate court reversal, a federal jury today convicted a retired Marine Corps captain who traveled to Cambodia in 2005 for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that an indictment was unsealed today charging Ryan Shelton, 29, Eagle River, Wisconsin, with receiving and possessing child pornography. The indictment was returned yesterday by a grand jury sitting in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Paul Brown, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - William Earl Maddox, 73, of Haynesville, Louisiana, the Constable of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to misbranding an illegal supplement, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico - As the obligations of funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continue to move forward for recovery projects as a result of Hurricane María, the close collaboration between the federal agency and municipalities is evident. Together with the Central Office for...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: The Defendant Secretly Took Pictures of Young Girls in Public Places and Posted Them to A Foreign Image Website.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for continuing to act as a bankruptcy petition preparer (BPP) - despite court orders and injunctions barring him from doing so - and then repeatedly lying to bankruptcy courts about it.
