News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Anthony Beckwith, age 36, of Sheffield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for traveling in interstate commerce to have sex with someone whom he believed to be a 12- or 14-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee County in Jonesville, Virginia pleaded guilty last week to possessing contraband in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: INTERANTIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park staff partnered with the Rainy Lake Sportfishing Club and Voyageurs Conservancy to design and build a fishing pier at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center picnic grounds. Measuring 40-feet long with a standard 10-feet “T" at the end, the pier meets ADA requirements...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott announced the following additions to the Democratic staff of the House Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article based on a report that examines risk and needs assessment tools (RNA) that are used within the corrections field to identify prisoners who have a greater risk of re-offending, breaking prison rules and violating the conditions of community supervision.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX FALLS, Wisconsin: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input on proposed bike use on a 0.25-mile connector trail across NPS land near Cable, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Assisted in the acquisition of over 20 pounds of meth in one transport from California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: A Sioux City man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was found guilty by a jury on July 9, 2021, after a four-day jury trial in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment today for attempting to set fire to a marked police vehicle in Raleigh after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-An Oregon man pleaded guilty today to six felony charges after failing to pay more than $1.7 million in personal income taxes in a complex tax evasion scheme dating back to 2001.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Foster Was Involved in Enterprise Crime Spree of Armed Carjackings and Robberies over Four Months in 2019, Resulting in the Death of Three Victims and Causing One Victim to be Paralyzed.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today hosted a roundtable , “Investing in America’s Energy Sector: An Opportunity to Recover and Build Back Better” to share the findings of the 2021 U.S. Energy Employment Report (USEER). The study began in 2016 to better track and understand employment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, Boston, announced that CHRISTOHER J. BRERETON, 34, of Fargo, North Dakota, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to traveling interstate with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Has a violent criminal history. A Waterloo man, who was involved in the importation and distribution of thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine was sentenced today, July 19, 2021, to nearly 29 years in federal prison. Travis Charles Werkmeister, age 34, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison sentence...
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
Release: The United States welcomes the talks held July 17-18 between senior leaders of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban in Doha and the commitment the two sides have declared to accelerate negotiations towards an inclusive political settlement. Only a negotiated settlement can bring a lasting end to over 40 years of conflict in Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - On July 16, 2021, a South Florida federal magistrate judge ordered pre-trial detention for 37- year-old Lazaro Alfredo Ramirez-Alvarado, finding that he presents a risk of flight and danger to the community if released. Pursuant to the order, Ramirez-Alvarado will remain in jail, without bond, pending his trial on charges of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possession with intent to sell cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A New York man was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for participating in business email compromise (BEC) scams, including one in which $420,000 was stolen from a victim’s life insurance account, then deposited and laundered in various bank accounts set up in the names of other people.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
