News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Bedford, Ky., man, Leonard J. Andrew, Jr., 36, was sentenced on Tuesday to 180 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, for the distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hopelyn Rhiannon Ausk, 25, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing a firearm and conspiring to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. ─ A 30-day public comment period for the Fresno Dam - Safety of Dams Modification Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), Milk River Project, in northern Montana will begin Aug. 4 and end Sept. 2. The draft EA analyzes the environmental effects of the Proposed Federal Action and is required for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A Peoria, Ill. man, Jimmy Deffenbaugh, 71, has been sentenced to 240 months in prison, to be followed by lifetime supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - A Jackson County man pleaded guilty to possession of a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service at Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos, New Mexico will be hosting a moment of silence to observe 76 years since the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the waning days of World War II. The park will host two separate events...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A former Georgia Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to prison for possessing unregistered firearms resulting from an FBI-led investigation into a violent extremist group.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Brian Spears, age 43, of Baker, Louisiana, to 112 months in federal prison following his convictions for possession with the intent to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, Xanax and Tramadol...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Due to recent precipitation but persistent very dry conditions and increased fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Patricia S. Trap has announced updated fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management today announced a 60-day public scoping period to assist in the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court following his earlier guilty plea to one count of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: U.S. Foreign Service Member Indicted for Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in the Philippines and Possession of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAIʻI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for August 2021.
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
Release: Moderator: Ambassador Burns, thank you so much for that very kind introduction and for your support, your family’s support of the News Hour. I’ll pass that along to my team as well. And Ambassador Khalilzad, welcome to you. It’s really good to be in conversation with you, and thank you for making the time.
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a real pleasure to have Foreign Minister Retno here and to be able to launch the Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Indonesia - something that was agreed upon some years ago but that we are now actually initiating and launching.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was caught with fentanyl earlier this year pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime. James Lennon Pace, 32, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Assistant Special Agent in Charge John McGarry, Drug Enforcement Administration - Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, 31, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, as well as 12 counts of attempting to possess with intent to deliver heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A former marketing manager at Nike, Inc. was sentenced to more than two-and-a-half years in federal prison today for perpetrating a scheme to defraud his former employer and a childhood friend.
