News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. -Antonio Daniel Bandin, 21, of Casa Blanca, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 15 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Bandin previously pleaded guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: A new report released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows 34.0% of the U.S. population was in poverty for at least two months between January 2013 and December 2016. The report, Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 2013-2016, presents data on poverty based on information collected in the Census Bureau’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams are providing survivors of the Aug. 21 severe storms and flooding in Dickson, Hickman, Houston and Humphreys counties with a means to access and apply for disaster assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Darien T. Brewer, 30, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Brewer to 180 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Brewer will begin a five-year term of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: More information about Bosnia and Herzegovina is available on the Bosnia and Herzegovina Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: Wisconsin-Based Company Will Help Secure U.S. Supply of Mo-99 Used in 40,000 Medical Procedures Daily, Promote Nuclear Nonproliferation
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court reversed President Joe Biden’s unlawful eviction moratorium...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A man from Oriental, North Carolina was sentenced today to over 24 years in prison for the distribution of controlled substances in Pamlico county. On Feb. 24, 2021, Kenneth Franklin Hill, Jr., 47, pled guilty to related to the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Ida that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Phoenix - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with ATF special agents from the Phoenix Field Division, were activated today to join the investigation of the explosion that occurred at a commercial printing business, located in Chandler, Arizona. This is the 875th NRT activation since it’s inception and 12th activation this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: WHEN: Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gunnison Field Office has released two proposed decisions for renewing domestic sheep grazing permits in Gunnison, Hinsdale, and Ouray counties.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly trade forecast released yesterday shows that U.S. agricultural exports not only continue at a record-setting pace for fiscal year 2021, but that they will eclipse the 2021 total in fiscal year 2022. The August forecast is USDA’s first look at expected exports for FY 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A man from Oriental, North Carolina was sentenced today to over 24 years in prison for the distribution of controlled substances in Pamlico county. On Feb. 24, 2021, Kenneth Franklin Hill, Jr., 47, pled guilty to related to the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Andrea Gall, 22, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to 10 years in federal prison for possessing 50 grams or more of actual or pure methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Following her prison term, Gall will serve five years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tysheen Gott, a/k/a “LB", age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack, and tramadol, after a seven-day trial before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Demarcus Daniels (25, Lake City) to 12 years and 3 months in federal prison for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. The court also ordered Daniels to forfeit the firearm and ammunition he possessed during the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Hunter A. Towle, 19, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for receipt of child pornography. Towle was sentenced to 10 years and 4 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release with special conditions. There is no parole in the federal system. Additionally, Towle was ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office (BRFO) is announcing the availability of a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) located in Humboldt County. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather PEA will be available for public to comment from August 27 to Sept. 26, 2021.
