News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Illegally Dug Crystals to Sell at Alpena Rock Shop.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is issuing two concessions prospectuses on August 5, 2021, for a10-year concession contract for the operation of passenger ferry service between Patchogue Ferry Terminal and Watch Hill marina within Fire Island National Seashore and a 10-year concession contract for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Custer, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on July 30, 2021, by Judge Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Member of the Subcommittee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, seeking a briefing and information about serious allegations of discrimination by Michigan Customs and Border Patrol agents across administrations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that Maurice Rakestraw, 31, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 264 months in prison for carjacking and related firearms offenses. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. also ordered Rakestraw to serve five years under court supervision upon his release.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be under secretary for natural resources and environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathaniel Lee Williams, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Five alleged members of street gangs based in Altadena and Duarte have been arrested on federal charges of being felons in possession of firearms or ammunition during a shootout in Ontario that investigators say was part of an ongoing dispute with a rival gang, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kamlesh Gopal Pardasani, 50, formerly of Waxhaw, N.C., was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for orchestrating an $845,000 investment scheme, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad also ordered Pardasani to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $880,000 in restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a proposed consent decree to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the State of New Jersey and state officials.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, to support the Center for Applied Research...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will host a virtual demonstration series on September 14-17, 2021, to showcase new technology solutions funded by its Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 29, 2021, by Judge Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District remains in Stage One fire restrictions for all BLM-administered public lands within the boundaries of Sweetwater, Unita, Sublette, Teton, Fremont and Lincoln Counties. Recent rainfall and cooler temperatures have provided a brief reprieve from wildfires but vegetation remains dry and warmer temperatures are in the forecast.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Michiganders who disagree with FEMA’s assistance decision have the option to submit an appeal and have their case reconsidered.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
There were 897 notices published by the Department of the Interior in 2020, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with the State of New Jersey under the National Voter Registration Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SONJA DYSON EVANS, 59, of Kentwood, Louisiana, was sentenced on August 4, 2021 by the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle, United States District Court Judge, to a five (5) year term of probation for using an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity. EVANS was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, a $100 special assessment and to perform 100 hours of community service.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka...
