News published on Federal Newswire in July 2021

News from July 2021


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LEROI G. JACKSON, age 49, of New Orleans, was charged today by a bill of information with one count of aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2).


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Waubay, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on July 12, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mexican national who had been living in southern California, who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance in South Dakota was sentenced on July 9, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.


FEMA Provides More Than $2 Million to Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) announced today that $2,078,289 in federal funding has been made available to Franciscan Alliance, Inc. for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of April 3, 2020.


News Release: On Thursday, July 15, at approximately 2:00 pm the park received a report of an injured hiker with suspected head, neck, and spinal injuries. The hiker was located at approximately mile 1.25 of the Harding Icefield Trail within Kenai Fjords National Park.


Former Unlicensed Investment Adviser Behind Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Nine Years for Defrauding Clients out of More than $2 Million

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Alexander S. Rowland, 30, formerly of Penns Grove, NJ, was sentenced to nine years in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay more than $2.1 million restitution to his victims by United...


News Release: The deadline for submitting entries into the 2021 Big South Fork photography contest is 4:30 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, July 31, 2021.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the subcommittee overseeing the Western Hemisphere, in introducing a resolution in support of the courageous Cuban people as they ...


Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuerda a los empleadores del Pacífico Noroeste que protejan a los trabajadores contra los peligros del calor

News Release: SEATTLE - Con la subida de las temperaturas en Washington, Oregón y Idaho, la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuerda a los empleadores que protejan a sus trabajadores expuestos a temperaturas de calor extremo.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Maxwell Edward Sanderlin, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution enterprise, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.



US Department of Labor reminds Pacific Northwest employers to protect workers from the dangers of heat illness

News Release: SEATTLE - As temperatures rise in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers to protect their employees when they work in hot weather.


Exotic Cat Keeper Sentenced for Gun Crime

News Release: A Canadian national who overstayed his visa to work as a keeper of exotic cats has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for a gun crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child was sentenced on July 12, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related funding bill on a 33-25 vote.



Resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri

Release: Today’s announcement that Saad Hariri is resigning as Prime Minister-designate is yet another disappointing development for the Lebanese people.


Jefferson County Felon Sentenced for Federal Firearms Violations

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Port Arthur convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.


Riverside County man who attempted to enter federal facility in downtown L.A. with several firearms named in criminal complaint following interdiction by DHS’s Federal Protective Service and

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside County man who drove to a federal facility in downtown Los Angeles and attempted to enter with three firearms was charged late this afternoon with a federal firearms offense.


News Release: A Canadian national who overstayed his visa to work as a keeper of exotic cats has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for a gun crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.