News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Manzanar National Historic Site invites the public to recognize the United Nations’ 2021 International Day of Peace on Sept. 18, 2021. Manzanar is one of only 14 places across the continent selected by the North American Japanese Garden Association to host a “Gardens for Peace" event. During World...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Brent Orton, 63, of Salt Lake City, has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for possessing the Schedule 1 narcotic Alpha Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly known as “Alpha PHP," with the intent to distribute the narcotic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- The Justice Department today announced it has reached an agreement with defendants Gus and Penny Crank to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging that Gus Crank sexually harassed female tenants while managing a Dayton, Kentucky rental property owned by his wife, Penny Crank.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
Release: As part of ongoing implementation of its revised biotechnology regulations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is sharing a draft guide detailing the information requirements and process for submitting a Regulatory Status Review (RSR) request, which ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. accepted a plea of guilty from David Curtis President, on Aug. 24, 2021, for the crimes of carjacking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence for events on June 28, 2019, and carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence for events on July 29, 2019. Judge Limbaugh set sentencing for Dec. 1, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has named Jim Adams of Seattle-based Discover Your Northwest, as the recipient of the 2021 James V. Murfin Award in recognition of his more than 20-year commitment to the partnership between NPS and cooperating associations in the Seattle area.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh today announced the establishment of a $400 million Dairy Donation Program (DDP) on a call with Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow. The DDP, established by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, aims to facilitate timely dairy product donations while reducing food waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Josiah Smith, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, made an initial appearance in federal court today facing a charge of murder in Indian Country. Smith will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Aug. 26.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Washington -(Updated Sept. 9, 2021) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh today announced the establishment of a $400 million Dairy Donation Program (DDP) on a call with Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow. The DDP, established by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, aims to facilitate timely dairy product donations while reducing food waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly straw purchasing handguns in a suburban Chicago store on behalf of another individual.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - David D. DeBerardinis, 59, of Shreveport, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to a charge of wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. Pursuant to the plea agreement entered in court and signed by DeBerardinis, he has agreed to a court-imposed sentence of 15 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Daniel Taylor, age 41, of Baltimore, Maryland to 80 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a stolen firearm.
By State Newswire | Aug 25, 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 on his office’s efforts to bring Idahoans home from Afghanistan:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Carrie A. Aughtry, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Travis Ryan Pritchard (38, Green Cove Springs) to 35 years in federal prison for producing an image of a 15-year-old child being sexually abused and one count of possessing an image of a prepubescent child being sexually abused. Pritchard was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender. Pritchard had pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - Frank Morris, 73, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using the identity of a deceased childhood friend to obtain more than $120,000 in Social Security and SNAP food stamp benefits. Morris also compiled a criminal record in the victim’s name over the 50-year span in which Morris used the identity.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken expressing concern related to the vetting of foreign nationals and specifically...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: MARIETTA, GA - A federal safety and health investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded that a Marietta manufacturer allowed a forklift operator to work on elevated storage racks without fall protection, resulting in the employee’s death.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 41-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for 20 years for arranging the importation of 148 kilograms of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a new letter Tuesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.
