News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years in jail and 12 years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today in federal court on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EVER JIMINEZ-MENDOZA, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2021 before United States District Court Judge Wendy Vitter, after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal use of a Social Security number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Rondale Faulkner, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at McDowell, pleaded guilty today to possessing a handcrafted weapon, commonly known as a “shank.".
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today applauded action by the Biden Administration to better empower states and Tribes to protect public health and the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Defendant Traveled from the United States to Tunisia in 2016 With the Goal of Crossing into Libya to Join the Islamic State.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is pleased to announce that beginning Sept. 1, 2021, the Brown Trout Incentivized Harvest Program will add an additional $300 incentive to encourage anglers to catch and keep brown trout in the Lees Ferry Reach below Glen Canyon Dam. Currently the National Park...
By EPA 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 Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: DULLES, Va. - A Transportation Security Administration canine handler got a new temporary partner when he teamed up with a groundhog at Washington Dulles International Airport recently.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Mota was found in possession of marijuana and cocaine after he admitted firing handguns into the air.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: A man who was in the United States illegally pled guilty Aug. 18, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Gold Acquisition Corporation, Relief Canyon Mine Expansion Project located approximately 16 miles east of Lovelock in Pershing County, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Picked up on Wiretap of Drug Conspiracy, Elton-based Drug Dealer Bought and Sold Large Quantities of Narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - An Irving man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Richlands, Va., man, who was previously convicted of several felonies making him ineligible to possess a firearm, was sentenced last week to 57 months in federal prison for possessing a sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Maldonado, 45, of Madera, and Elias Zambrano Jr., 41, of Fresno, have been sentenced to eight years in prison and two years and three months in prison, respectively, for an interstate drug conspiracy involving shipments of marijuana to the Midwest, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint and notice of hearing against Carolina Horse Sales LLC (Carolina) and Troy John Kain (Kain) of Madison, N.C., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a second public negotiation session with the California Department of Water Resources and seven Cross Valley contractors on a long-term conveyance contract for delivery of Central Valley Project water through state-owned facilities. The contractors...
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: More information about Tonga is available on the Tonga country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By State Newswire | Aug 23, 2021
Release: More information about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is available on the North Korea country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
