News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA -- An Omaha, Nebraska man, Daniel James Haacke, age 35, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 160 months in prison for drug and firearms offenses. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by four years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old resident of Rosharon is set to make an appearance in Laredo federal court on allegations he attempted to smuggle dozens of undocumented non-citizens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, released the following statement after Speaker Pelosi rejected Republican recommendations to serve on the Select Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Norwell man entered a guilty plea yesterday in federal court in Boston to sexually exploiting children.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Thanks very much, and thanks, everyone, for joining us today for this call on European energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4435, the Fight Notario Fraud Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that LEO MICHAEL DURAN, 26, of Riverton, Wyoming, was sentenced to 18 months of prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. The sentence was imposed by United States District Court Chief Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, after Duran pleaded guilty to the charge on May 14, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Lamondra Beckley, 43, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the City of Alexandria, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Romania welcomes all forms of foreign investment. The government provides national treatment for foreign investors and does not differentiate treatment due to source of capital. Romania’s strategic location, membership in the European Union, relatively well-educated workforce, competitive wages, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson man with prior felony convictions today admitted illegally transporting and selling 16 firearms for over $8,000 on four occasions beginning in July 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: On an official level, the Government of Belarus (GOB) claims to welcome foreign investment, which has been seen as a source of new production technologies, jobs, and hard currency. Belarusian authorities note the country’s geographic location, its inclusion in the Eurasian Economic Union (which also ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- Cole Carini, a Richlands, Virginia man who appeared at a hospital in June 2020 with severe injuries to his hands and fingers, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 84 months in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Croatia’s EU membership has enhanced its economic stability and provided new opportunities for trade and investment. Despite having access to a substantial amount of EU funds, the Croatian economy has yet to gain the full benefits of membership in terms of growth and sustainability. Croatia will receive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - This morning, the U.S. Marshals - New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force began working on this week’s “Fugitive of the Week," Travis Michael Magoon. These efforts paid off with Magoon’s arrest in Strafford, NH.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law announced it will hold a series of hearings to consider potential reforms to bankruptcy law. The first hearing, entitled "Oversight of the Bankruptcy Code, Part 1: Confronting Abuses of the Chapter 11 System," will take place on Wednesday, July 28th at 10 AM EDT.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted he defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs of over $200,0000 in survivor’s pension benefits over 12 years, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Starting in August of 2021, the Bureau of Reclamation in accordance with the Upper Basin Drought Response Operations Agreement (DROA) will begin a drawdown of Blue Mesa Reservoir. The Bureau of Reclamation is drawing water from reservoirs in the Upper portions of the Colorado River watershed to ensure power generation continues at Lake Powell.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing to examine the potential cybersecurity threats currently facing our nation's infrastructure.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of health and cybersecurity bills...
