News from August 2021
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 458,600 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ashland, Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, released the following statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today for drug and gun crimes. Darryl Eric Hill, 37, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: *. Yellowstone National Park lowered the parkwide fire danger from very high to HIGH due to an average of two inches of rain that fell across the park the week of August 16. *. Stage 1 fire restrictions (put in place July 1) are no longer in effect. The park will evaluate the need for restrictions...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - On Tuesday and Wednesday, August 24-25, as well as Wednesday and Thursday, September 15-16, the Bureau of Reclamation will reduce overnight releases from Davis Dam as a continued effort to help decrease the local caddisfly population. The reduced flows along the river reach below...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Nevada resident and former manager of the Warm Springs Construction Enterprise (WSCE) pleaded guilty today in federal court for his role in a fraud scheme targeting the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Halstead, a convicted felon, was found in possession of marijuana and a handgun.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States and Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation on cybersecurity. The MOU was signed by Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and David Koh, Chief Executive of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Defendant Linked to Burning of Black Lives Matter Banner Stolen from Historic Washington Church.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to Douglas Logan, Chief Executive Officer of Cyber Ninjas, demanding that he end his obstruction of the Committee’s work and fully comply with the Committee’s requests for documents related to the company’s “audit" of 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Arizona.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has accepted 2.8 million acres in offers from agricultural producers and private landowners for enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in 2021. This year, almost 1.9 million acres in offers have been accepted through the General CRP...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 23, 2021, Della Marie Gibson, 37, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge H. Bruce Guyton to two counts of sending biohazardous materials through the United States mail. After receiving her guilty pleas, the Court imposed a two-year sentence of probation.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury today found six corporate entities guilty of participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud the United States via a wire-and-customs fraud scheme in which huge amounts of aluminum - disguised as “pallets" to avoid $1.8 billion in customs duties - were exported to the United States and were “sold" to fraudulently inflate a China-based company’s revenues and deceive investors worldwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Businesses Also Found Guilty of Conspiring with Chinese Billionaire to Defraud Investors by Inflating Value of Company via Sham Sales of Aluminum in U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Members of the Bureau of Land Management’s Northern California District Resource Advisory Council will discuss a variety of topics, when they meet virtually via Zoom, Friday, Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Aug. 19, 2021, against Michael James Grommet, 36, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Buddy Hal Gunter, 45, of Waterloo, Iowa, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. Sentencing for Grommet and Gunter has been scheduled on Dec. 21, 2021, at the U.S. Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Drugs Discovered After He Was Beaten, Shot During Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Denison man has been sentenced to federal prison for sexual crimes against children in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
