News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Daniel Wayne Benner, 35, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - RONALD JACOBS, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Ivan Durasevic, 31, and Nenad Ilic, 41, both of Montenegro, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III, on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on a...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided $23.4 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response to the City and County of Denver. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 28, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $131 million for Denver’s COVID-19 response to date, and $951 million statewide.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Members of Stanley’s Drug Trafficking Organization Received Kilograms of Cocaine Through the U.S. Mail and Bribed U.S. Postal Service Letter Carriers to Divert Mail Parcels Containing Kilograms of Narcotics to the DTO.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia company and its owner have admitted guilt in a scheme to evade United States national security laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHN WELDON (“WELDON"), age 26, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on July 28, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Lance Africk for charges relating to nine armed robberies of gas stations, convenience stores, and a bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - RONALD JACOBS, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
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By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver remarks on the announcement of a Priority 2 (P-2) designation granting U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain Afghan nationals and their eligible family members on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: King Salmon, AK -On Saturday, July 31, at approximately 5:00 pm, the park was notified that a Cessna 206 on floats, operated by Branch River Air, crashed during take off. The accident happened when departing a small unnamed pond about one mile south of Kukalek Lake in the preserve area of Katmai. There...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Brady: Poorly Designed COVID Unemployment Program Led to Greatest Theft of Tax Dollars in American History.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have become must-have tools for the federal workforce to accomplish critical missions and everyday business functions-even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. I can attest to the growing importance of mobility, which became integral to my capability to communicate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood man was sentenced today to 152 months in federal prison for orchestrating a real estate fraud scheme that victimized more than 2,000 homeowners, involved fraudulent filings that affected the title to properties across the country and caused more than $7 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - On Friday, a Miami federal judge sentenced a 38-year-old Arizona resident to 76 months in federal prison for his role in a sophisticated fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in diverted pharmaceutical drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office welcomes public input on the proposed clean-up of the abandoned Clyde Mine in Colusa County. The proposed remediation, monitoring and maintenance was developed in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and is estimated to cost more than $1.4 million.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site will be conducting a geophysical survey of the site on August 2 through 13, 2021, to better understand how the fort looked in the 1840s.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
There were 17 notices published by the Department of the Interior in week ending July 11, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Following a four-day trial in United States District Court at Greeneville, a jury convicted Nicholas Nassif Hayek, 22, of Leominster, Massachusetts, of knowingly or attempting to knowingly entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, knowingly or attempting to knowingly persuade...
