News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Texas man was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 in federal court in Boston for his role in a scheme that imported raw steroids from China and selling them over the internet to customers across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that IGEL CASANOVA GIBBINS (“GIBBINS"), age 44, of Montz, Louisiana, pled guilty today to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: EM is working to implement President Biden’s executive order to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the federal workforce as well as the cleanup program’s federal advisory committees.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH - Isle Royale National Park (NP) is partnering with the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA) to offer free boat washes at marinas and boat launches in Houghton, Baraga, and Keweenaw Counties this summer. The boat wash events, funded by the National Park Service and Great Lakes...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor encouraging senators to support his amendment to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prohibit legislation or regulations that implement the Green New Deal.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: DETROIT - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a convicted felon on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Three Key Numbers to Watch in July’s Jobs Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 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 10, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Santa Clarita woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to use other peoples’ personal information - without their consent - to unlawfully apply for and obtain over $250,000 in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Lumberton man pleaded guilty today to the possession of another’s identification document with the intent to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(4).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brandon Glaski, age 38, of East Nassau, New York, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for unlawfully possessing firearms including “ghost guns," as well as ammunition, a machinegun conversion device, and silencers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Tom Leatherman to serve as the superintendent of Pearl Harbor National Memorial starting in October. Leatherman currently serves as the superintendent of four NPS sites in the Oakland area, including Eugene O’Neil National Historic Site, John Muir National Historic Site, Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial and Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his participation in a scheme involving a network of individuals who used stolen payment card information in New Jersey and throughout the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Hormoz Mansouri, 67, of Amherst, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and money laundering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man with previous felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as part of a planned revenge shooting.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Brady on July Jobs Report: Movement on Closing Biden Jobs Gap Boosted by Ending Unemployment Bonuses.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that he secured $500 million in funding for communities to help mitigate the impact of natural disasters in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that has passed the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jesse J. Stringer, 33, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 7 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Stringer pleaded guilty to this charge on May 24, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Arrests are the Result of a Joint Federal-State Effort to Dismantle Violent Gangs.
