News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Pradish Jehan Selvaraj, 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Attempted Enticement of a Minor. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Selvaraj to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) have agreed to amend a 2012 Clean Water Act consent decree with the City of South Bend, Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Patrick Graves, 35, of Mississippi, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Graves to 42 months’ imprisonment for Bank Fraud...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: DETROIT, MI - Michigan elected officials and stakeholders are applauding U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for securing $500 million in funding for communities to help mitigate the impact of natural disasters in the bipartisan infrastructure...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District in coordination with local officials announced an emergency closure of public lands in Alpine County, CA, approximately three miles northeast of Markleeville. This closure is necessary to ensure public safety during fire rehabilitation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Courtney M. Oliverio, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a carjacking charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to permit 25 GW of renewable energy on public lands by 2025 and to achieve 100 percent carbon pollution-free energy by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management will hold a virtual competitive geothermal lease sale on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The agency will offer 32 parcels for leases totaling 83,543.690 acres in Churchill, Esmeralda, Elko, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing and White Pine counties Nevada.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican has released the following statement in response to remarks from President Joe Biden on the crisis in Afghanistan.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The Department of State has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on 19 Nicaraguan election officials and political party officials who have enabled the Ortega-Murillo government’s attack on democracy. For the past three months, President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo,...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is tracking Tropical Storm Henri as it approaches the northeast, set to make landfall over the weekend. Now is the time to prepare for severe weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Joseph Andrew Mollick was charged in a federal complaint with possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Sutton man was convicted by a federal jury in Worcester today of conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - A Casey man, Dale Lee Waldroupe, age 36, was sentenced on Aug. 19, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 150 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Carrying a Firearm During...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District has issued an amended emergency closure on BLM administered-public lands near the Rough Patch Complex Fire. The reduction in the closure area to the Francis Creek road restores access to the Scaredman Recreation Area and Campground. The Scaredman campground will open on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, for reservations through Recreation.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Essex County, New Jersey, men have been charged in connection with possessing five firearms and distributing, and possessing with the intent to distribute, controlled substances in Orange, East Orange, and Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for racketeering offenses relating to the promotion of commercial sex.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The Department of State has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on 19 Nicaraguan election officials and political party officials who have enabled the Ortega-Murillo government’s attack on democracy. For the past three months, President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo...
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a Joint Statement by The NATO Foreign Ministers on Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Ridgeland woman pleaded guilty to theft of government funds involving unemployment insurance benefits fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge Shawn Wolfe.
