News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Las Vegas, Nevada, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing more than eight pounds of methamphetamine in his duffel bag aboard a bus passing through Kansas City, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: For Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field Office has scheduled two virtual public scoping meetings for the proposed Goldrush Mine Project. The meetings will be held online Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. PDT, and Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. PDT.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Alexander Traveled Across State Lines to Acquire and Distribute Two Kilograms of Cocaine; Alexander Possessed a Firearm in Furtherance of His Drug Trafficking Activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: A man was sentenced today in federal court for shooting and killing an acquaintance during a small gathering at a Tulsa hotel, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO, August 10 2021-Using cattle grazing to create firebreaks on landscapes invaded by cheatgrass has successfully contained three rangeland wildfires in four years in the Great Basin-the latest being the Welch wildfire near Elko, Nevada, on July 18.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators will go on the record on whether or not they support the punishing policies of the Green New Deal. U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has filed a budget amendment to stop implementation of the Green New Deal.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District has issued an amended area closure on BLM administered-public lands near the Rough Patch Complex Fire. Additionally, the District has closed the Scaredman Campground and has initiated reservation cancellations effective Aug. 10, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved two additional grants totaling $42,865,280 to reimburse recovery expenses in Florida for Hurricane Michael in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Habitual dealer of methamphetamine and heroin in Thurston and Mason Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") in New York, and Dermot Shea, Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an indictment today charging...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2019 Community Resilience Estimates to measure the ability of a population to withstand adversity from the impacts of disasters, including weather- and disease-related events such as pandemics, forest fires and floods. Later this month, the new data will also be available through a tool that shows risk level by state, county and tract.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A 16-month investigation by the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force into drug dealing in Baltimore has led to eleven alleged wholesale drug suppliers being charged in a federal indictment for conspiracy, drug distribution, and firearms charges. The indictment was returned under seal on July 29, 2021 and was unsealed upon the arrests of the defendants. Charged in the indictment are...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Cases Filed in New York and District of Columbia.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a firearm from making its way onboard an airplane at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The United States Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with Brown University to ensure that students with mental health disabilities have equal access to educational programs. The agreement resolves the Department’s findings that Brown...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) to enhance cybersecurity assistance to K-12 educational institutions across the country has passed the Senate. Schools are responsible...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article in the NIJ Journal that discusses challenges faced by child welfare and juvenile justice systems when serving youth engaged with both systems. Dual system youth are juveniles who have been both victims of maltreatment and have committed delinquent acts.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: I am appointing Amos Hochstein to serve as the Department’s Senior Advisor for Energy Security, underscoring the Administration’s commitment to promote energy security for the United States and our allies and partners. His immediate focus will be implementation of measures to reduce the risks posed by the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as outlined in the July 21 Joint Statement of the United States and Germany on Support for Ukraine, European Energy Security, and our Climate Goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of ten years (120 months) in prison and five years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine and cocaine and possession of a firearm. Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
