News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Ipina Distributed 167.8 grams of Cocaine, Possessed 2,405.2 grams of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute, and Attempted to Purchase 10 kilograms of Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to life in prison for committing murder with a firearm, robbery, and conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ASHLEY GREEN, age 41, pled guilty as charged on August 4, 2021, to a one count Bank Larceny Bill of Information. Her co-defendants, Brandon Livas, age 34 and Royale Lassai, age 29, both from New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty as charged in July 2019 to a one count Bill of Information with Bank Larceny, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(b).
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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an op-ed for The Hill, former Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and member of Ways and Means Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) warns against President Biden’s global minimum tax that makes it better to be a foreign worker or company than an American worker or company...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A southern Colorado man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District will begin a wild horse gather on or about July 7, 2021. The gather will be conducted in the Beaty Butte Herd Management Area (HMA). The gather will be conducted using the bait and water trap method; no helicopters will be used. The BLM plans to gather approximately 100 horses with 50 being permanently removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Annor and His Co-conspirators Laundered More Than $6,200,000 from Over 200 Victims in the United States and Overseas; Annor Received at least $3,909,396 in Victim Payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JOSEPH BROWN, age 45, a resident of Orleans Parish plead guilty today to conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack. BROWN is facing a sentence of five to forty years of imprisonment, a fine of up to $5,000,000, and at least four years of supervised release upon his release from prison. BROWN also faces a $100 mandatory special assessment cost.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Admitted Receiving Bribes in Exchange for Preferential Treatment in the Award of Security Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Modesto residents Genaro Serrato Calles, 49, and Antonio Valencia Hernandez, 65, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
Release: MINOT, North Dakota - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a firearm from making its way onboard an airplane at Minot International Airport (MOT) Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing the firearm he accidentally fired in a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Zoo.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Provisions secured by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to bolster our nation’s cyber defenses have passed the Senate as a part of a bipartisan bill that would significantly upgrade our nation’s infrastructure. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: A former Tulsa police officer was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to make a false statement to a firearms dealer when purchasing a pistol on behalf of her boyfriend, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: CNN: Analysis Shows Bidenflation Is Hitting Workers in Higher Prices, Lower Wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Defendant had two loaded handguns in car despite being prohibited from having firearms due to previous felony conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Store clerk was shot and killed during the robbery.
