News from August 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel requesting information on the Commission’s ongoing efforts to address the rise in spam text messages.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Hermosa, South Dakota, man convicted on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2021, by Judge Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four men with federal charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine sent through the U.S. mail to a mail carrier who allegedly accepted bribes to re-route the packages to drug conspirators. Charged in the indictment are...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with receiving child pornography over Snapchat.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan A. Tokash received the Top Prosecutor Award from Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE). AUSA Tokash was nominated by the Buffalo Office of Homeland Security Investigations for her tireless efforts fighting against human trafficking and advocating on behalf of victims.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: AUSTIN - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented three handguns from going onboard airplanes at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BAKERSFILED, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is issuing an emergency closure of the Keysville Special Recreation Management Area in Kern County, due to wildland fire danger from the nearby French Fire. This temporary closure is effective immediately, until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on Liz Shuler’s election to serve as AFL-CIO president...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Quentin Veneno, Jr., 35, of Dulce, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, was sentenced on Aug. 18 to nine years and seven months in prison. On Sept. 22, 2020, following a two-day trial, a jury returned a guilty verdict on two counts of domestic assault by a habitual offender and one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending the face mask requirement for individuals across all transportation networks throughout the United States, including at airports, onboard commercial aircraft, on over-the-road buses, and on commuter bus and rail systems through March 18, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on Aug. 16, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: The defendant was arrested in Essington after one of his smugglers was stopped at PHL International.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tiago Mello-Lima, 34, a Brazilian citizen living in Canada, who was convicted of bringing aliens to the United States for commercial advantage or private financial gain, was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Trina Thomas | Aug 20, 2021
The Biden-Harris Administration announced the "America the Beautiful" plan in May to preserve and protect U.S. land, waters and wildlife
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) concluded a field tour of the Intermountain West, highlighting critical issues including oil and natural gas production, forest management, wildlife habitat conservation and more. During the tour, Westerman visited several committee members' districts, including U.S. Reps. Blake Moore (R-Utah), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Multiple co-defendants involved in a high-volume drug trafficking operation located in a southwest Georgia city were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes this week.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The Department of State has submitted a report to Congress pursuant to the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 (PEESA), as amended. The report lists one Russian vessel and two Russian persons involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Persons identified in the report will be sanctioned under ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on Aug. 16, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Simon Meza Jr., 38, of Fresno, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition that was found in his loaded gun, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2021
Release: The United States, in concert with the United Kingdom, is imposing additional costs on the Russian Federation on the one-year anniversary of the poisoning of Russian opposition figure Aleksey Navalny with a Novichok nerve agent.
