News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it will host a virtual Northern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meeting on Aug. 19 from 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Assailant Repeatedly Attacked Police, Used Table and Baton to Aid in Assault.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Unfilled Jobs Crushing Main Street Hits New Record Under Biden’s Economic Policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Richard Gilbert, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate, has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for a murder-for-hire and retaliation plot against an Assistant United States Attorney and a confidential informant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - An Illinois man was sentenced today to 105 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for setting fire to a cell phone store in Minneapolis in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a Hobbs Act robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a store clerk, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after Democrats voted down his amendment to prevent the undue monitoring and reporting of sensitive financial information on law-abiding Americans to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Instead, Democrats adopted an amendment to provide even more latitude to the IRS in determining which Americans to monitor.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted U.S. Sen. John Barrasso’s (R-WY) budget amendment to prohibit legislation or regulations that implement the Green New Deal. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 99 to zero. This is the second time the Green New Deal has received zero votes in the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Evan Motherwell, 25, of Penfield, PA, formerly of Jamestown NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minim penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $10,000,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) filed an amendment to the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend legislation to prevent the monitoring and reporting of sensitive American taxpayer information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by financial institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Kyle Mehlhorn, 28, of Merrimack, pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to multiple drug trafficking and firearm charges, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 25 - July 31, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BAKER, NEVADA - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Strawberry Creek Restoration Project in Great Basin National Park. The public comment period for the EA will be from August 9, 2021 to September 6, 2021. Comments will be accepted until midnight, September 6, 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: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brandon Kidder, 37, of Alden, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA -Kathleen M. Jasper, 42, and Jeremy M. Jasper, 40, both of Estero, Florida, pled guilty today to racketeering (RICO) conspiracy and conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty pleas.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that he intends to resign from office...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized a commercial truck containing more than 5,500 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl Aug. 5. The seizure is believed to be the largest seizure along the southwestern border with an estimated street value of more than $9 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Md., - Ian Carlton Alexander a/k/a “Shawn Alexander", age 49, of Towson, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Man Sentenced for Covid-19 Relief Fraud Scheme.
