News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Lawrence Lorenzo Blackshire, 39, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. A jury previously convicted Blackshire of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury of an Intimate Partner, Simple Assault, and Unlawful Imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: The United States is designating the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos) for his connection with serious human rights abuse committed during the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. Filipos is designated pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Jager, a user of illegal drugs, obtained the guns in three separate burglaries.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is tracking the remnants of Henri, as it continues to bring heavy rainfall to portions of the Northeast and New England, which may lead to flash, urban and small stream flooding along with minor to isolated moderate river flooding.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awarded $949,999.78 to Honolulu-based small business Oceanit Laboratories, Inc. to develop a sensor system capability that is resistant to spoofing or data manipulation. Sensors, such as range finders...
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Matthew Lussenhop and Albanian’s Minister of Culture Elva Margariti concluded a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding that protects Albanian cultural property.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: In traditional Iroquois society, women were the keepers of culture. Following in the footsteps of Skywoman, the hero at the center of their creation story, they sowed and tended the seeds, dancing in the direction of the sun to sustain the cycle of life.
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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), and Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Chairman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that examined the safety performance of TC Energy.
By Caleb Lombardo | Aug 23, 2021
Documents released as the result of litigation over a Freedom of Information Act request show a former Department of the Interior nominee sought an ethics waiver to work with former clients involved in litigation against the Department.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), and Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Chairman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that examined the safety performance of TC Energy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a public negotiation session for a permanent partial assignment contract between San Luis Water District and Santa Nella County Water District.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- A Portland woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a fraud scheme whereby she and a co-conspirator would steal mail from residential mailboxes and use stolen personal identification information to defraud local banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were arrested on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 in connection with a conspiracy to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for participating in a scheme to obtain over $300,000 by illegally charging or attempting to charge victims’ financial accounts without authorization, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the August 2021 Federal Grand Jury B. The grand jury met the week of Aug. 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Heather D. Obrad, a former correctional employee at Federal Corrections Institution Hazelton, was sentenced today to three years of probation for having inappropriate contact with an inmate, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Sexually abused child left in his care in Hawaii and Washington State.
