News from August 2021
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
Release: The United States welcomes the visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to the Kingdom of Morocco for the reopening of the Israeli Liaison Office in Rabat. Foreign Minister Lapid’s trip - the first to Morocco by an Israeli Foreign Minister since the agreement to establish full diplomatic relations...
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: The President has said that the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world. In his first six months in office, the President has reinvigorated democracy at home, vaccinating...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - An Elberta, Alabama, man was sentenced today, to 72 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ice and for his possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking felony.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife are announcing a public teleconference negotiation session regarding San Joaquin River flows to benefit fish from the San Joaquin Fish Hatchery. This negotiation session is for a 25-year contract renewal for the same amount of water (55 cubic feet per second); no additional water is under consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DEWAYNE COLEMAN (“COLEMAN"), age 22, of Marrero, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a recruiting event Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Nashville International Airport (BNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Malik Matthews, 22, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to serve 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Michael Rosa, 61, of Salem, and George Adyns, 50, of Sandown, have been charged with participating in pandemic-related wire fraud schemes, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $167 million in 12 states to deploy broadband infrastructure (PDF, 360 KB) in rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Casper, Wyo. - A Wyoming man was sentenced for possessing child pornography and violating his supervised release agreement related to the same charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Barbara man was charged today with taking his two young children to Rosarito, Mexico and killing them.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Previously convicted of a felony drug offense in the State of Iowa.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will close Burke Park and Samuel Gompers Memorial Park (Massachusetts Avenue NW at 11th Street NW) on or about August 18 to remove homeless encampments and provide needed maintenance to the parks. The NPS has received numerous reports of drug activity, violence and unsanitary...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that KYLE DOUSSETT, age 49, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson for possessing child pornography, violating his supervised release agreement related to the same charge. Doussett received a sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Hartwig, 34, Menomonie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 81 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and for possessing heroin with intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned an indictment yesterday charging a Richmond, Indiana man with violating the Toxic Substance Control Act, specifically the provisions of the Act concerning lead paint, and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A federal grand jury in El Paso returned an indictment last week charging an El Paso man with distribution of a controlled substance causing death.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Defendant sold narcotics to an undercover officer while on state pretrial release.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Department of Labor (DOL) for their swift action disbursing funding to states to modernize unemployment insurance systems, ensure that workers receive their earned benefits, and prevent fraud. In the American Rescue...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced today to six months home confinement and more than $400,000 in fines and restitution for illegally trafficking in walrus ivory and failing to report business income to the IRS.
