News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Following an investigation by US Park Rangers and Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB), a man was recently sentenced to serve time in prison for a weapon violation in Denali National Park, Alaska. The interagency investigation stemmed from an incident in September 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The First Aid for Severe Trauma (FASTTM) training program is now available to organizations and individuals seeking education on handling a life-threatening bleeding emergency. FAST is a STOP THE BLEED® course funded with grant support from the Department of Homeland Security Science and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Deborah Shannell Hollimon, 44, of West Memphis, Arkansas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to three years and two months in prison and ordered to pay $569,168 in restitution for a California state unemployment insurance benefits fraud and identity theft scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale yesterday sentenced the last of 16 defendants for their roles in a large-scale kickback and bribery scheme involving employees and vendors of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers located in West Palm Beach and Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nicholas Faber, age 25, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of online social media accounts and theft of nude images of dozens of female victims.
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Aug. 18, 2021, Jose Martinez, age 54, and David Montserrate Torres, age 33, both inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute-Schuylkill, Minersville, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by U.S. Magistrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Randell Adist, age 50, of Martinsburg, New York pled guilty today to distributing and possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed another $531,545 in civil penalties against 34 airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior, bringing the total for 2021 to more than $1 million. Since Jan. 1, 2021, the FAA has received approximately 3,889 reports of unruly behavior by passengers, including about 2,867 reports of passengers refusing to comply with the federal facemask mandate.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Subcommittee Chairman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) regarding their recent decision to forgo joining...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted Rebecca Hanks, 46, Zachary Siebert, 19, Amelia Siebert, 23, and Richard Frazier, 23, Aug. 11 for drug and gun-related offenses that allegedly occurred in Lincoln County, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Alice Sue Smith has been sentenced for stealing from her employer while working as the bookkeeper and for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer and two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Possible $5 million reward for alleged leader.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III, sentenced Asomah Maamah, age 49, of Columbia, Maryland to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Maamah pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit interstate foreign transport of motor vehicles and knowingly transporting stolen vehicles. Judge Russell III has also ordered Maamah to pay restitution in the amount of $195,281.20.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lewis Smith, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months of incarceration for selling cocaine near a local school, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, a federal jury convicted LAWRENCE JUNIOR LOFTIS, 65, of Stephens County, of abusive sexual contact with a child under 12 years old, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX ‒ The City of Lubbock recently presented the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Damage Prevention Council of Texas' northwest chapter with a proclamation in recognition of National Safe Digging Day on Aug. 11.
