News from August 2021
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: There will be many discussions over the next weeks and months as to how Afghanistan fell. The images of people climbing onto U.S. military planes attempting to take off as they try to escape the clutches of the Taliban will forever be emblazoned in the history books as an example of what a failure of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant was found and disarmed by paramedics.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend best wishes to the people of Hungary as you celebrate Saint Stephen’s Day on August 20.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: LEWISTON, Idaho - The temporary closure of the Eagle Creek Road in the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area will be lifted on Monday, Aug. 23. The road closure has been in place since mid-July to provide for both the safety of the public and the firefighters working on the Snake River Complex fires.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Today, Paul James Kryscuk, 35, Liam Collins, 21, Jordan Duncan, 26, and Joseph Maurino, 22, were charged via a third superseding indictment obtained in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Collins and Duncan are former Marines assigned previously to Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to damage the property of an energy facility in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a request for information (RFI) on technology solutions that analyze crowds and their size. The technologies will be considered for inclusion in a market survey conducted by S&T’s National Urban Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Pawtucket man convicted in Rhode Island state court in 2007 and in 2009 on drug trafficking charges, and found during a traffic stop by Pawtucket Police in October 2020 to be in possession of a loaded semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Robertsdale, Alabama man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Henderson man was sentenced to 101 months in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm by a felon. On May 17, 2021, Kyree Leamon Williams pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Kyle Andrew Jose, 27, of Bapchule, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to nearly 8 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Jose previously pleaded guilty to Accessory After the Fact to Second Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Laurens man, Colton Eugene Cope, age 25, was sentenced on Aug. 19, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 46 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a drug user on two occasions. Cope was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term as well as pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: A man who was the enforcer for the Northern Iowa Chapter of the Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club was sentenced yesterday to 10 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Today Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge lifted the 13-knot speed limit in Whidbey Passage and Lower Glacier Bay that had been implemented to protect numerous feeding humpback whales. Whale observations over the past week indicate that few whales...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Michael Jonathan Paul (50, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Paul was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Copper Center, AK - A search is currently underway for a hunter reported missing on August 19th, 2021 after he did not check in by InReach during a hunting trip in the Jacksina/Canyon Creek area of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. David White is a 40-year-old male, 5’11" tall, 185 pounds, with short brown hair and blue eyes. He was carrying a green backpack. His last known location was in the Jacksina Creek drainage.
By Glenn Minnis | Aug 20, 2021
The race to save the shrinking pool of manatees is on in earnest.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Owings Mills, Maryland man was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for wire fraud and identity theft in connection with a fraudulent investment scheme worth approximately $1.26 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Used Stolen Money for Own Benefit, Including Purchase of 2020 Tesla.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Christian Gonzalez-Gardea, 26, of Las Cruces, Mexico, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for Possessing with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Gonzalez-Gardea received a sentence of 135 months’ imprisonment with a five-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced additional Biden-Harris Administration appointees that have joined the team to help build a more prosperous and equitable clean energy future for the American people.
