News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Camden County man and woman face substantial penalties after their arrests on federal child exploitation charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Despite higher temperatures over the weekend, there was minimal fire activity on Bear Creek Fire. The most recent weather system brought cooler temperatures and 0.3 inches of rain Monday night with no increased fire behavior. Continued cool temperatures and additional moisture is forecasted for the fire area; significant moisture is not expected.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today that TERRELL RICHARDSON (“RICHARDSON"), age 37, of Westwego, Louisiana, was sentenced to thirty-seven (37) months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Martin L. C. Feldman for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Additionally, RICHARDSON was ordered to serve three (3) years of supervised release and pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
By State Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher Pratt, age 57, of Albany, pled guilty today to the distribution, receipt and possession of 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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: For Being An Armed Career Criminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Michael McDonald, a/k/a George Jackson, a/k/a Rabbit, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to three counts of interstate travel for purposes of prostitution. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal jury found Jeremiah Taylor, 36, of St. Louis, Missouri, guilty of one count of felon in possession of a firearm on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark presided over the trial. Taylor was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2020 on this gun offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), U.S. Representative Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) requesting an immediate full Committee hearing to conduct congressional oversight of the deteriorating situation in Kabul, Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas man Monday of distribution of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: One of four men, including two former Netflix software engineers, charged with securities fraud for insider trading scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett Dehart announced today that, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, a joint team of 130 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers simultaneously executed 20 federal search warrants and arrested 12 individuals charged in a 34-count federal indictment for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that operated primarily out of Anderson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Robert Earl Partee, II, 28, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of substance containing methamphetamine. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Partee to 225 months in prison followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Barry David Goldberg was sentenced today to 120 months in prison on charges of distribution of child pornography and cyberstalking in a “sextortion" scheme targeting a minor victim, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARMANDO QUINONES, also known as “Yayo," 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Devils Tower, WY - The thirty-one climbing routes on the east face of the Tower at Devils Tower National Monument are now open to climbing after three Peregrine Falcon chicks successfully fledged from their nest. Each year some climbing routes are temporarily closed during the spring and summer to protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Apprehended on the Roof of O’Reilly Auto Parts After Fleeing from Police, Stealing Thousands of Tablets of Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A U.S. District Court jury found a previously convicted felon guilty of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition after just 15 minutes of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- According to a recent study published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence, as people sheltered in place during the initial stage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spring 2020, mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding areas in Greater Los Angeles used smaller areas...
