News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
Release: 11 University- and Industry-Led Projects will Develop Biomass Resources to Convert to Low-Carbon Fuel for Planes and Ships
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated that Kenneth Bryant Evans, a/k/a “Country," 38, of Aiken County, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Three Defendants Convicted in One Week of Unprecedented Trial Volume.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Christopher Russell Fox, age 42, of Brooklyn, Maryland, today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Bennett also ordered that Fox must continue to register...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., - The DEA Washington Division will join community organizers, neighbors, and law enforcement partners to participate in National Night Out events this evening, August 3. During this year’s National Night Out, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jarod Forget and Assistant Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Jared Collins (28, Pasco County) was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death. Collins had pleaded guilty on April 27, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edgar Pavia, 44, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and conspiring to commit money laundering. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $20,000,000 fine.
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 a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: The mission to clean up areas used in the production of nuclear weapons may not get as much attention but it’s important to show that the government can address the environmental legacy in the communities that hosted weapons and research facilities, EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader said in recent remarks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, age 31, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, as well as twelve counts of attempting to possess with intent to deliver heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - David Jah was sentenced today to 216 months in prison for conspiracy to commit arson, in connection with a scheme to firebomb the properties of several people on his enemies list, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds; United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Cane River National Heritage Area invite the public to participate in a community open house for the Texas & Pacific Railway Depot (Depot) at 1:00 pm on Monday Aug. 23, 2021, at the Texas and Pacific Railway Depot located at 607 Trudeau Street, Natchitoches. Visitors to the open house are encouraged to share their stories and tour the Texas and Pacific Railway Depot.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - This afternoon, a 20-year-old male from Louisville, Kentucky died after a kayak he was in capsized near Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Haulover Sound Access, located between the villages of Avon and Buxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Defendant extradited from Australia to face trial.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) will close Terra Vista Natural Study Area on Tinkers Creek Road in Valley View for habitat restoration work August 4 - 8 from 8 am - 5 pm.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Hanford Office of River Protection tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has a multilayered, nationally recognized approach to keeping workers safe during the hot summer months.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: A Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tax preparer pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and to filing a false personal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Edward Thompson, age 35, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 78 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. The Court further sentenced Thompson three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm involved be forfeited.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that SAMANTHA R DEHRING, age 25 of Carol Stream, Illinois, was charged with one count of willfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards and one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife. Dehring is expected to appear in front of Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming on Aug. 26, 2021, for her arraignment.
