News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Ed Cotter retires this month after more than four decades of work with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Copey Ferlin Henderson, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 2 to twelve years in prison following a conviction for sexually abusing a minor in Indian Country. Henderson pleaded guilty on Nov. 30, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new bipartisan report reviewing cybersecurity at eight federal agencies and documenting the continued failure...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Russell Wheeler, 49, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, appeared in federal court today for a detention hearing, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Wheeler will remain in custody pending trial.
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM has concluded a two-year outage at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site ’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), where crews completed more than 50 modifications to the liquid-waste treatment facility to prepare it for a 50-day confirmatory demonstration run and subsequent radiological operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-The week of July 26, 2021, brought three guilty verdicts in separate federal trials. A combination of pandemic-related delays and a significant increase in caseload resulted in four simultaneous jury trials in federal court last week. One trial is expected to last several weeks, and the other three concluded last week with the convictions of three defendants.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - As southeast Michigan survivors clean and repair damage to their homes caused by the severe storms and flooding that occurred June 25-26, 2021, FEMA has teamed up with Hammer Time True Value Hardware in Detroit to provide free information, tips and literature on making homes and businesses stronger and safer.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 18 - July 24, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Davenport man was sentenced on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 210 months in federal prison for production and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - Two Montana men were arraigned recently on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank of approximately $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and to use those funds for their personal benefit, including buying property and vehicles, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Richard “Fat Jesus" Wheeler, 38, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court on July 29 on charges of distribution of methamphetamine and carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Wheeler waived a detention hearing and will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - David Burkes (52, Safety Harbor) was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death to one individual and seriously bodily injury to another. Burkes had pleaded guilty on April 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Events Highlight Importance of Strong Community Ties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Paul E. Lubienecki, 63, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to stalking. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $2,174,276 for the Florida Keys Electric Cooperative (FKEC) to upgrade 82 electrical transmission poles to protect them from high wind damage and substantially reduce the vulnerability of the utility’s electrical distribution system to future storms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT - On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, a Minton man was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 80 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment today charging a Las Vegas husband and wife with conspiring to defraud the IRS, tax evasion, filing a false tax return, assisting in the filing of false tax returns, and failing to file tax returns and pay federal income taxes.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine how the rise of domestic terrorism, in particular white supremacist, faith-based, and anti-government extremist violence, has impacted communities across...
