News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore is preparing to close in response to Tropical Storm Idas approaching the Gulf of Mexico.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
Release: PRIME MINISTER BENNETT: Mr. Secretary, I appreciate you taking time on a pretty active day here (inaudible). It means a lot (inaudible).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jasmine Wynne (31, Ruskin) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, five counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of theft of a postal key. She faces up to 30 years in federal prison for the conspiracy count, 2 years’ imprisonment for the aggravated identity theft charges, and up to 10 years in prison for theft of a postal key. Wynne’s sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 17, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 68-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Maine woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, 27, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City police car during the May 2020 civil unrest in Salt Lake City. Patton was also ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution and to serve 36 months of supervised release after completing his prison sentence.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after several reports of explosions in Kabul:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston gang associate was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for cocaine trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: While still in halfway house, the defendant communicated with someone he believed was a juvenile about working for him as a prostitute.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was found guilty by a federal jury today of 22 felonies for stealing the majority of a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid to a car accident victim, as well as cheating on his federal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Owner of Jet Charter Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Misappropriation of Paycheck Protection Program Loan.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: UPDATE - 08/27/21 at 2:00 p.m.: The section of Parkway motor road closed for Price Lake Dam repairs has reopened. Today's repair appears to be successful. Early next week, park staff will conduct further inspection and finish the repair, which may result in another short-term closure at the same location. The lake itself remains closed.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) today requested that the Biden Administration provide the public and the numerous impacted stakeholders a reasonable amount of time to provide input into the Administration’s plans to rewrite the federal rule defining “Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON -The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that a 4-year-old Golden Retriever and explosives detection canine named Alona is TSA’s Cutest Canine in 2021. She works with canine handler Vanessa at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, NY -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Soroush Hamedi, 27, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - The results from a four-day multi-agency operation to curb violent crime in Columbus, Georgia, were announced at a press conference held today, with dozens of repeat violent offenders and gang members taken into custody, along with firearms and drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: Video of the defendant brandishing the firearm was posted to social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ronald DeWitt Vines, 47, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond to attempted armed bank robbery and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with an armed robbery he and his accomplices, who were two of his sons, attempted to carry out in Bucks County in late 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: One year has passed since Hurricane Laura made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana with 150 mph winds and over nine feet of storm surge. The devastating storm wrecked homes and buildings, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and severely destroying the coastline. The storm displaced hundreds of thousands of families with structural damage that will cost billions and take many years to repair.
