News from August 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded over $1.7 million for the repair of regional airports throughout the Island. The funds are destined for permanent repairs in the airports of Aguadilla, Ceiba, Culebra, Mayagüez and San Juan (Isla Grande).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Crow Agency man who admitted to stabbing another man last year on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chris Murphy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sturgis, South Dakota, man who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 28, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to research supply chain vulnerabilities that threaten homeland security has advanced in the Senate. The bill, which Peters introduced last week, would also require...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Martin, 37, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, following a prior conviction, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - On Tuesday, a federal jury convicted a former government subcontractor who completed work at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center of fraud charges relating to the Small Business Administration’s women-owned small business program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two North Louisiana men each have been sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty for offenses involving drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: This summer has been exciting for sports enthusiasts: Many athletic events are back in full swing, and the Olympic Games are finally taking place after being delayed a full year by the pandemic. Despite this pause, modern sporting events have rules and regulations that reflect years of change. Today’s athletes are prohibited from using performance-enhancing drugs and are required to pass drug tests to be able to compete in the Olympics and many other events.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former regional director of community development for the National Community Stabilization Trust - formed in 2008 in response to the national mortgage-housing foreclosure crisis - was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., today filed an amendment clarifying the definition of “broker" with respect to digital asset third-party reporting requirements.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for passing their bipartisan Deepfake Task Force Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Also Illegally Received Federal Benefits. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Sparta, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for failing to pay more than $600,000 in federal taxes. Jeffrey Scott Allen, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Tuesday, Aug. 3, to two years in federal...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: The deadline for registering with FEMA has passed, but that does not mean FEMA is leaving. FEMA continues working with the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) to help survivors and communities recover.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Arlington County, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va., - Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced today that Michael Duncan, an inmate at the USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a weapon inside the prison. Duncan pleaded guilty to one count of possessing contraband in a United States prison, that contraband being a weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HENRY A. FELLELA, JR., 63, of Johnston, Rhode Island, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for credit card fraud and identity theft offenses, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Large scale drug distributors who made weekly trips to California to pick-up illegal drugs for distribution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Dinosaur, CO & Jensen, UT - Due to significant damage from a recent thunderstorm, the Yampa Bench Road in Dinosaur National Monument is closed from the monument’s east boundary to the junction with the Echo Park Road until further notice.
