News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Dequita Hopkins-Ashley, 40, of Shreveport, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to spend 18 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release, for tax fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. Hopkins-Ashley was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $129,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Due to significant wind damage and low water conditions, Dangling Rope Marina will not reopen in 2021. A team of electrical, structural, and marine engineers recently visited the site to assess the damaged infrastructure. The National Park Service is developing a plan for marina repairs and additional actions needed to address projected low water conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A felon who possessed a firearm pled guilty on July 19, 2021, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Sunday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul joined Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), the ranking member of the International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee, and members of the Cuban community in New York to show their support for the people of Cuba as they fight for their freedom against the oppressive Cuban regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Mississippi Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to More than $180-Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: LA JUNTA, CO - On August 4-5, 2021, solar cars participating in the 2021 American Solar Challenge on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail will be coming to Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site! If there are sunny skies, faster solar cars may arrive between 3:45-6:00pm on Wednesday, August 4. Most teams...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry after deportation.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery at a joint subcommittee hearing on the direct care workforce...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Due Grand Teton National Park visitors, boaters, and river users should expect impacts to some recreational activities, including modified operations at lake marinas, from the expected drawdown of Jackson Lake. The public is advised to use caution when recreating on Jackson Lake and the Snake River downstream of Jackson Lake Dam.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.4 million grant to the City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency, Hornell, New York, to grow the region’s manufacturing sector by making infrastructure...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Stage II fire restrictions will go into effect for most lands administered by the Bureau of Land of Land Management in the agency’s Western Montana District, starting Thursday, July 22.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
Release: SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) now participates in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) PreCheck® program, which allows eligible travelers to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belt, keep their laptop in its case, and keep 3-1-1 compliant liquids/gels in a carry-on bag during the screening process.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ranjodh Singh, 22, of Canada, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: The National Park Service, in partnership with the Quileute Tribe, has released the Quillayute River Restoration - Reach 3 Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 30-day public review and comment period. The proposed project would be managed by the Quileute Tribe and take place mostly on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old former local police officer has been ordered to federal prison after sexually assaulting two men while in his custody, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2020; Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2019; Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2018; and Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2017. These reports describe the steps...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Pound quantities stored at East Missoula shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The final of six defendants in a Columbus-to-West Virginia methamphetamine ring pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to a drug conspiracy crime punishable by 10 years up to life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy.
