News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Carl “Wizard" Gutierrez, 44, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on Aug. 5 for a detention hearing, charged with bank robbery and aiding and abetting. Gutierrez will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Pembroke man was sentenced yesterday to 160 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On May 3, 2021, Patrick Warren Privette pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Oscar Alberto Martinez, 27, of Tucson, Arizona was sentenced on August 5th, 2021, by U.S. District Judge John C. Hinderaker to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Martinez previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Carson City, Nev - Best in the Desert (BITD) will be holding their annual Vegas to Reno desert off-highway vehicle race beginning on Friday, Aug. 13, at approximately 5:15 a.m., near Bonnie Claire, Nevada with the final participants finishing near the town of Dayton, Nevada, Saturday, Aug. 14, around 11 a.m. The event will be held on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the Tonopah, Stillwater, and Sierra Front field offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Sydney Scales Caused at Least One Drug-Related Shooting and.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Charles Salley, a/k/a “Dark Lo," a/k/a “Ron Harvey," 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, one years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney for threatening a cooperating witness during a federal trial in November 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Oscar Alberto Martinez, 27, of Tucson, Arizona was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John C. Hinderaker to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Martinez previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are seeking the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of a former teacher arrested Thursday for distributing and possessing child exploitation material.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Defendants Repeatedly Assaulted Police and Stole Riot Shields and Batons to Aid in Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging CHAZ REDDICK, 38, of West Haven, with narcotics and ammunition offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - More than $58.5 million has already been approved in FEMA grants and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans to help residents affected by the June 25-26, 2021 flooding in southeast Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Help Wanted: Vermont Needs Law Enforcement.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: The Department of State has imposed visa restrictions on 50 immediate family members of Nicaraguan National Assembly representatives and Nicaraguan prosecutors and judges. As these actions demonstrate, the United States is committed to promoting broad accountability for anyone responsible for or benefiting from the Ortega-Murillo regime’s attacks on democratic institutions.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Strong City, Kansas - Ad Astra Per Aspera, To the Stars Through Difficulties comes to mind when thinking back on the last year. Come see the 16th annual quilt display at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve over the Labor Day weekend, September 4th, 5th, and 6th. This year’s display will feature quilts made during COVID. Quilting was a tranquil relief and outlet for many. The quilts will be displayed in the historic barn from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. all three days.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service today announced $1.9 million in grants to nine Indian Tribes, one Native Hawaiian organization, and 22 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Financial Services Committee, led by Republican Leaders Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (WA-05) and Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12). The letter criticizes President Biden’s extension of the unconstitutional eviction moratorium and condemns House Democrats’ inability to find a permanent solution for American renters.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: The Alaska Department of Fish & Game and the National Park Service will start year 1 of a 3-year fish inventory and genetics project in the following rivers: Serpentine, Nuluk, Arctic, and Nugnugaluktuk.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: ROSEBURG, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Roseburg District is closing Francis Creek Road from the junction with the Canton Creek Road north to the Roseburg District boundary due to fire activity associated with the Rough Patch Complex effective Friday, Aug. 6.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Financial Services Committee, led by Republican Leaders Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (WA-05) and Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12). The letter criticizes President Biden’s extension of the unconstitutional eviction moratorium and condemns House Democrats’ inability to find a permanent solution for American renters.
