News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Jamaican national who admitted to illegally crossing into Montana from Canada and was arrested with others near Whitefish after a car chase was sentenced today to two years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Lathisa Smokes, age 38, formerly of Syracuse, New York, and currently residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 5 years of probation, after previously pleading guilty to filing false tax returns, and assisting others in preparing false tax returns, which caused the IRS to issue refunds worth over $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Paducah, Kentucky - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of a Paducah man on Aug. 10, 2021, for being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.
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: Following Conviction for Possessing a Firearm as a Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian man, previously residing in Chelsea, pleaded guilty today in connection with the April 21, 2020 armed robbery of Lanzilli’s Grocery in Boston.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
Release: More information about Malta is available on the Malta 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: 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 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 $2.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the town of Shelburn, Indiana, to construct new water infrastructure and provide an adequate water...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: BAKER, NV - Great Basin National Park’s 12th annual Astronomy Festival is coming up, September 9 - 11, 2021. Join us for three days and three nights, of day and night astronomy activities for all ages! Great Basin National Park in Baker, Nevada is an International Dark Sky Park, as certified by the International...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - JULIUS MONCRE WILLIAMS was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Greensboro for knowingly possessing a firearm following a shootout with Greensboro Police Department (GPD) officers announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal jury found a Minneapolis man guilty of possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
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: Former media company CEO will admit to paying $525,000 to facilitate her children’s admission to two universities using admissions slots reserved for recruited athletes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will lower the pool elevation at Lake Walcott from September through mid-October to store higher-than-normal flows from American Falls Dam. From mid-October to mid-December, water will be released from American Falls Dam at a rate of 1000 cubic feet per second, an increase from 350 cfs. Flows will return to the normal winter outflow of 350 cfs in late December.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Due to increasing fire dangers and a continuing drawdown of firefighting resources, the Bureau of Land Management is increasing fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Arcata Field Office in Humboldt, Mendocino, Del Norte and Trinity counties. Campfires, barbecues and use of open flame, including camp stoves, will not be allowed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Ledesma earned substantial profits from smuggling and trafficking counterfeit merchandise, but will now forfeit property she purchased with the proceeds of her crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Today, NOAA released the 2021 Biennial Report to Congress on Improving International Fisheries Management, identifying 31 nations and entities for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and bycatch of protected marine life on the high seas, where nations lack conservation measures...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s expected remarks about government price controls and the cost of prescription drugs.
