News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Jesse Reyes Babauta, age 43, was sentenced in the United States District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands to 168 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Possess...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albert Vallejos, 43, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on Aug. 9 in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Vallejos will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, CHRISTOPHER ARANA, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana plead guilty in a one-count Indictment charging him with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs manages the two primary U.S. security assistance programs focused on building international peacekeeping capacity: the Global Peace Operations Initiative and the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership. Both programs are implemented in close partnership with the Department of Defense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Fadl Mohamad Alharbi, age 50, of Syracuse, New York, was convicted today following a federal jury trial of naturalizing contrary to law and submitting a false statement in a passport application, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Timothy Novak, Resident Special Agent in Charge, Buffalo, New York, U.S. Department of State-Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).
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 State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The United States is grateful to Bahrain for its humanitarian efforts and its gracious offer to facilitate the safe transit of U.S. citizens and evacuees. The United States greatly appreciates the Bahraini government’s support; it is emblematic of our strong and enduring partnership. We have no higher...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Roy Hopp, 41, Fall Creek, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 8 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Hopp pleaded guilty to this charge on June 1, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Denver - Rose Horne, formerly of Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and $977,115.87 in restitution for mail fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Roy Hopp, 41, Fall Creek, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 8 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Hopp pleaded guilty to this charge on June 1, 2021.
By Glenn Minnis | Aug 20, 2021
Visitors to Indiana Dunes National Park may soon pay an entrance fee for the first time in the park’s history.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Humboldt River Field Office (HRFO) is soliciting public comments on the Lincoln Hill Project Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) located in Rochester Canyon. Coeur Rochester, Inc. is proposing to explore for gold and silver on 8,457 acres located approximately 20 miles northeast of Lovelock, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal jury convicted a Kanawha County man on charges of distributing methamphetamine, distributing crack cocaine, and possessing with intent to distribute over 400 grams of methamphetamine and over 80 grams of crack cocaine. United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin presided over the jury trial.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Additional time and public cooperation with closures is needed.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: ROCHESTER, Minn. -Minnesota residents will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck® application program inside Rochester International Airport (RST) from Monday, Aug. 30 through Friday, Sept. 3.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, IOWA - On Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, a federal judge sentenced Jennifer Elizabeth Shorter, age 23, of Des Moines, to 33 months in prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Shorter previously pleaded guilty to the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Due to extreme fire danger and to protect public safety, Redwood National Park is implementing Stage II fire restrictions impacting the following activities until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, IOWA - On Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, a federal judge sentenced Jennifer Elizabeth Shorter, age 23, of Des Moines, to 33 months in prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Shorter previously pleaded guilty to the charge.
