News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Md., - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Russell Stanley III, age 40, of Bowie, Maryland, today to 11 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, and bribery of a government official.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jonny Shineflew, age 48, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to a 70-month term of imprisonment after pleading guilty on March 25, 2021, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: DENVER - FEMA recently awarded more than $400,000 to Albany and Carbon counties for post-fire mitigation. The funds are related to FEMA’s approval of a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) request from the state of Wyoming for the Mullen Fire. The Mullen Fire started on Sept. 17, 2020, and burned more than 176,800 acres.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Rico Laprince Southall has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Southall fired shots at the victim, who happened also to be a family member.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced David Burkes (52, Safety Harbor) to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death to one individual and seriously bodily injury to another.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Brady: Second Straight Quarter Shows Biden’s Economy Fails to Meet Expectations.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have launched a 90-day pilot program called “Operation Flashpoint" across CISA’s southeastern region to build awareness in communities about how to prevent bomb attacks. As part of this...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Following a bench trial in West Palm Beach last week, United States District Judge Donald Middlebrooks found a Palm Beach county man guilty of receiving child pornography and transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces that the Taos Field Office is hosting a lottery for an authorized fuelwood harvest at the Wild Rivers Recreation Area near Cerro, N.M., to minimize residual dead and down heavy fuels from a recent Federal highways project.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today joined Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC to warn against President Biden’s multi-trillion dollar expansion of the welfare state and crippling tax hikes on working families and small businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARTIN ALMEDA-PINEDA, age 37, of Mexico, pled guilty as charged on July 28, 2021 to a three-count indictment. He was charged in Count 1 with possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Potential Victims Urged to Contact Justice Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A total of 16 Laredoans are now in custody following the return of two separate, but related indictments related to the distribution of large quantities of marijuana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kevin Smith, 27, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with sex trafficking by force and sex trafficking a minor. The charges against the defendant stem from his operation of a sex trafficking ring in Philadelphia and the surrounding region-including Bucks and Delaware counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Eduardo Zazueta, 25, pleaded guilty on July 30 in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Zazueta will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Damian Covington, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Darrin Begay, 29, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by a federal judge on July 27 to two years and three months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country. Begay pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, 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 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the extension of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force to July 31, 2023.
