News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted an Alexandria man today on charges of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Penobscot County woman was sentenced today in federal court for the theft and conversion of money orders, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jonathan James “Baby G" Gomez, 39, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced on Aug. 23 to 17 years and seven months in prison for racketeering conspiracy. Gomez pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A North Carolina woman pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Burlington woman, Anita Sheree Bostic, age 26, was sentenced today by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 15 months in prison for False Statements During Purchases of Firearms. Bostic was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow her prison term and pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Oliver “Juice" Yardley, 45, of Ontario, Oregon, pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Yardley was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on April 13, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Michigan man who admitted bringing pounds of methamphetamine to Montana for redistribution was sentenced today to 15 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Distributed cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl while illegally possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, issued the following statement after today’s terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
Release: Today’s bombings around the Kabul airport were a devastating reminder of the dangerous conditions in which our servicemembers and diplomats are operating as we conclude the United States’ 20-year military mission in Afghanistan. As the President said, the servicemembers who were killed and wounded today...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its second quarter report (April 1 - June 30). The report updates program activities and eradication progress and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Denson has previous convictions for attempted murder and heroin distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man with a previous felony was arrested today on charges related to the shooting of two people in a housing complex, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: KEY WEST, Fla. - Dry Tortugas National Park today announced it completed a successful coral rescue mission this month to secure fragments of previously unknown pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) colonies within the park for preservation. These new colonies may have a unique genetic makeup, or genotype, and may be more resilient to stressors like Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, found recently at the national park.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Scam artists, identity thieves and other criminals are already descending on survivors of the storms and flooding that hit Middle Tennessee on Aug. 21. Federal and Tennessee emergency management officials urge residents to watch for and report any suspicious activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A registered sex offender investigated by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies for possessing and distributing child pornography is facing between ten and twenty years in federal prison, having pled guilty today to possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal jury found two men guilty of illegal possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Huntington Beach man with child exploitation offenses, including the possession, distribution and production of child pornography, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Three former Texans now living in Louisiana have pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - The National Park Service will host the Southwest Astronomy Festival beginning Friday, September 10 and continuing daily through Sunday, September 12. The festival will feature many programs and activities presented by Grand Canyon - Parashant and Cedar Breaks National Monuments. All programs are free and open to the public and will highlight the amazing dark night sky in and around the national monuments in Southwestern Utah and northern Arizona.
