News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Institute (CESMII), announced selections for four new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Centers (SMICs) bringing the total to eight SMICs. Through specialized training and direct industry engagement, the centers will help U.S. manufacturers implement smart manufacturing technologies to optimize their use of energy and materials.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - To protect the health of wild horses and rangelands, the Bureau of Land Management will begin an emergency wild horse gather Sep. 1 of excess wild horses from the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area (HMA) about 45 miles west of Craig in Moffat County. The BLM plans to gather approximately 783 wild horses and return about 50 wild horses back onto the HMA after treating 25 mares with fertility control.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Tirrel Saunders, a/k/a “Pretty", age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Saunders was a member of the Gregory Butler Drug Trafficking Organization (“Butler DTO") which distributed heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Seth A. Bernstein, the owner of jet charter company All in Jets LLC dba JetReady, located in Florida, has agreed to pay $287,055 to settle allegations that he misappropriated Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan proceeds for his personal expenses. JetReady is a jet charter operator with its principal place of business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is tracking Hurricane Ida, forecast to make landfall in the United States as a dangerous major hurricane on Sunday. Areas along the Gulf Coast will start to experience effects of Ida starting Saturday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - On Aug. 25, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Michael Rees, age 40, of Quincy, Illinois, to 151 months in prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy operating out of Burlington. Rees was also found to have possessed a firearm related to his drug trafficking activities and he was under criminal justice supervision at the time of this offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Kurtz, age 57, of Albany, pled guilty today to charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is proud to recognize this year’s recipients of the 2020 Freeman Tilden Award, Anne Monk and Sabrina Oliveros, for their production of the podcast Better Lives, Bitter Lies. After being awarded the Interior Regional level award, Park...
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: More information about Ukraine is available on the Ukraine Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Aug. 23, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Rashaad Thomas, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland to seven and a half years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Morehead City woman was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release on a charge of Making Material False Statements Relating to Healthcare Matters, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1035(a)(2). Shelly Phillips Bandy...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Christian Iversen, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for illegally selling more than a dozen firearms and a large amount of methamphetamine and heroin to undercover federal agents.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a comment letter to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh raising concerns about a proposed rule hiking the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to over 14.5 years in prison for his role in a violent armed robbery of a Sprint Store in Colonial Heights.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Yesterday, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a field roundtable to hear directly from frontline communities that have been disproportionately burdened by pollution from power plants and discuss new environmental justice proposals the Committee will spearhead to curb deadly pollution and direct federal resources to the hardest-hit communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Portsmouth woman was sentenced today to 9.5 years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud veterans.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: EVANSVILLE - A federal grand jury in Evansville returned an indictment yesterday charging a Loogootee, Indiana man with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of stolen U.S. government property, and possession of child pornography.
