News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-Despite the difficulty brought by the coronavirus pandemic, National Park Service (NPS) staff helped ensure a safe and enjoyable visit for the more than 12.4 million people who came to Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 2020. Our staff continued their important work in the field even in the face of serious challenges.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: If you feel you are in a continuous search to have a fire ant free home lawn, you are not alone. These invasive and common insect pests are difficult to control and come back as uninvited guests over and over.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: More information about Albania is available on the Albania Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: Washington - To help residents, farmers, and ranchers affected by the recent flooding in Tennessee, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid recovery efforts. USDA staff in the regional, state, and county offices are responding and providing a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to residents, agricultural producers and impacted communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Tyquan J. Smith, a 28-year-old man with past addresses in Wilkes-Barre and Brooklyn, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Two south Florida securities lawyers and the former Chief Operating Officer of 1 Global Capital LLC (“1 Global") were sentenced for their roles in a sprawling fraud scheme that affected more than 3,600 investors in 42 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Pierce County Housing Authority finance executive used public funds for gambling and lavish lifestyle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Tarrant County’s John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) has agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by upcoding certain claims submitted to federal healthcare programs, Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty sentenced three individuals, members of “2500," a Fort Wayne street gang who engaged in drug and firearms trafficking with “Grit Gang," a street gang based in Bloomington, Indiana, for committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands announced that defendant William Topasna Mantanona, age 65, from Chalan Pago, Guam was sentenced in the United States District Court of the Guam to six months imprisonment for False Statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal jury in Bridgeport has found LUIS CASTRO, 33, of Waterbury, guilty of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who possessed methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl was sentenced on Aug. 25, 2021, to three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYSHAWN TURNER, 36, formerly of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing two firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Allegedly Exported Arms and Ammunition Without Obtaining Export Licenses in Violation of the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Reform Control Act.
By DOE 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 State Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
Release: More information about Azerbaijan is available on the Azerbaijan 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: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Canton, Ohio - Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Ohio returned an indictment today charging several Canton-area individuals who self-identify as members the “Shorb Blocc" gang with racketeering and drug conspiracy violations.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Deer hunting season opens in Kentucky on September 4. Deer hunting season opens in Tennessee on September 25. During these big game seasons, wild hogs may be harvested with the appropriate weapon that is legal for that specific season and during an extended hog hunting season that lasts from the end of the deer season until the end of February with a weapon that is approved by that state for harvesting big game.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Hikers, mountain bikers and runners can again use the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail near Susanville, as the Bureau of Land Management has rescinded a temporary emergency closure associated with the Dixie Fire.
