News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Howard D. Farley, Jr. (72, Weirsdale) to four years in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised released for passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and operating as a pilot without a legitimate airman’s certificate. The court also ordered the forfeiture of an aircraft that was seized by the Department of Homeland Security at Farley’s home.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 131,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, United States Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.), and United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I am honored to congratulate the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Secretariat on the 54th anniversary of the organization’s founding on August 8.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will continue offering a series of free, historical bike tours through Chickamauga Battlefield. This year’s tours are scheduled for Aug. 21, Sept. 18, and Oct. 16, beginning at 9:30 am, at the Chickamauga...
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Note: View the Spanish translation of this press release here.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park is requesting public comment on a proposal to increase backcountry camping permit fees beginning in 2022. All other fees will remain the same.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury on Aug. 5 found Sophia Monique Zayas, 39, guilty of second-degree murder, intentional child abuse resulting in death, intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, intentional child abuse not resulting in great bodily harm, and aiding and abetting. Zayas will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: A search is currently underway for a backpacker reported missing on August 5 in Olympic National Park. Cheri Keller is a 56-year-old female from Olympia, Washington and is 5’6" tall, with gray hair. She was wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants with a blue backpack. Keller was last seen by her backpacking group on August 4 around 11:30 am near Home Sweet Home camp, located in the southeastern region of the park. The group of five backpackers had stopped there for water.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - San Mateo County Medical Center and San Mateo County (collectively SMMC), located in California, have agreed to pay approximately $11.4 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for submitting or causing the submission of claims to Medicare for non-covered inpatient admissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Raekwon Cortez Ford, 24, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms Hizballah’s rocket attacks into Israel. This violence puts Israelis and Lebanese at risk and jeopardizes Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty. The United States remains engaged with Israeli and Lebanese officials, as well as the Lebanese Armed Forces.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daniel Day, age 34, of Argyle, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint today with unlawfully possessing ammunition as a felon and illegally possessing a machinegun on August 5, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Two West Plains, Missouri, men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: A man who broke into a house and stole an AR‑15-style rifle and marijuana was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman announced federal drug charges today against Defendant Carlos Gerardo Symonds Saavedra following the seizure of more than 2,500 kilograms of methamphetamine and 50 kilograms of fentanyl found in a commercial trailer at the Otay Mesa, California Cargo Port of Entry (POE).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph S. Green (619) 546-6955. SAN DIEGO - National Spine & Pain Center, LLC (“NSPC"), a physician management services organization headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, agreed this week to pay $5.1 million in restitution to Medicare as part...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on August 5, 2021, Anthony Redd, age 65, of Fullerton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 58 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud and money laundering offenses. Judge Rambo also ordered Redd to pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $240,133.
