News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for distributing fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Earnest Donte Ruff, 23, of Fresno, charging him with possessing ammunition after being convicted of a felony offense, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a Kirtland couple was sentenced by U.S. Judge Christopher A. Boyko to 18 months imprisonment after both pleaded guilty to bribery of a former city of Cleveland demolition official.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are writing to thank you for approving Governor Whitmer’s request for a Major Disaster declaration for the State of Michigan. Your swift consideration and approval of this assistance will allow communities to begin to recover from the recent flooding and storms in Michigan. We...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Received Enhanced Sentence Because He Assaulted Another Inmate in Jail While Awaiting Sentencing.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Final Days Are Friday and Saturday.

By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: National business and union leaders have expressed support for the bipartisan Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act (S. 2324), led by Senators Rob Portman, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Joe...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Oklahoma prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Pittsfield man was found guilty by a federal jury in Springfield yesterday in connection with firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Effective Friday, July 16, campfires or the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans and barbeque grills, are banned in all portions of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex - North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National...

By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 10:00 AM EDT.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - On July 14 at approximately 4:49 p.m., the Grand Canyon Communications Center received a report of CPR in progress on an unresponsive hiker at the Mile-and-a-Half Resthouse on the Bright Angel Trail.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Joshua Brown, age 49, of Iowa City, Iowa, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on July 9, 2021, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Watertown, South Dakota, man convicted of Making and Subscribing a False Tax Return was sentenced on July 12, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today James A. Chapman a/k/a Fatz Guy a/k/a Perverted Doe, 40, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of production and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison and life supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Susan K. Harris, 74, and William S. Harris, 60, both of Albuquerque, were sentenced today in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: CONCORD, NH - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Darius Augusto Guzman Ruiz, 30, of Manchester, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BIANCA ZELAYA-MERTENS, a/k/a Maritza a/k/a Jossi, 28, of Honduras, pleaded guilty on July 14, 2021 to conspiring to entice individuals to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on July 12, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.