News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Lashawn Clayburn, 19, of St. Louis, Missouri, to a 25-year term of imprisonment on today’s date. Clayburn pleaded guilty in May to murder and carjacking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Posed Online as Teen Girl to Solicit 13-Year-Old Victim to Send Sexually Explicit Photos.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to three manufacturers of insulin in the U.S.-Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi-following up on January 2019 letters to those companies and requesting additional information, including any specific steps the companies have taken to lower the cost of insulin and increase patient access since the Committee’s initial letters.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man pleaded guilty today in federal court for sending threatening emails to KOTV Channel 6 directed at President Joseph Biden, unnamed members of the Congress, and their families, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: An exotic form of magnetism has been discovered and linked to an equally exotic type of electrons, according to scientists who analyzed a new crystal in which they appear at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The magnetism is created and protected by the crystal’s unique electronic structure, offering a mechanism that might be exploited for fast, robust information storage devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - On Aug. 18, 2021, a federal grand jury issued a twenty-five count indictment against Scott Taggart Roethle, M.D., an anesthesiologist residing in Kansas, charging Dr. Roethle with conspiring to and participating in a nationwide health-care fraud. At the time Dr. Roethe allegedly committed these offenses, he was licensed to practice medicine in 22 states.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced the “Information Sharing and Advanced Communication (ISAAC) Alerting" Act, which directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prepare a report on how to implement a nationwide 9-1-1 disability alerting system.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) released the following statement regarding the data breach and theft of personal information from T-Mobile current and potential customers...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Natchez woman pled guilty in federal court to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi, and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pomona man who stole a military Humvee from the Army Reserve Center in Upland and briefly led police on a chase through Pomona’s residential streets pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson, Ranking Member, House Committee on Agriculture released the following statement expressing concern with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) departure from its scientific and regulatory review process...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he possessed several kilograms of heroin with the intent to sell, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
Release: Today the U.S. Department of State announces a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Guinea-Bissau national Antonio Indjai. Indjai is the former head of the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces and has been the subject of a United Nations travel ban since May...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The former controlling manager of Lone Star Shredding’s parent company has been ordered to federal prison for defrauding his employer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A federal jury convicted a Lilburn, Georgia, man of filing fraudulent tax returns amounting to nearly $165 million in the name of several fake trusts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Dustin Via, 42, of Medina, Tennessee has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute over 5 grams of actual methamphetamine. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Potencial recompensa de $ 5 millones por presunto líder.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP) leadership is seeking public comment on two projects: Construct New West Entrance Fee Station; and Barker Dam Parking Lot Expansion. These projects are proposed to improve visitor satisfaction and to address congestion at two of the park’s most frequented areas. On Aug. 18, 2021, the park will begin a 30-day public comment period for both these projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced David Naylor (59, Spring Hill) to two years and three months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government funds. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Naylor to pay $730,561.73 in restitution and, separately, entered a forfeiture money judgment against him in the amount of $549,426.23, the proceeds of the offense of conviction.
By Press Release | Aug 18, 2021
Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau wrapped up a two-day visit to North Dakota today, where he highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s investments in America’s infrastructure.
