News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office (BLM) has opened public scoping for the proposed Southwest Energy LLC Emulsions Plant Secondary Access Road North of Carlin, Nevada. Any input, recommendations and concerns will be used to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating the impacts of construction and maintenance of the road. The scoping period ends August 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida. - A 27-year-old California man who caused a disturbance last week during a passenger flight from Los Angeles to Miami made his first appearance in federal court today on a charge of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $2,830,737 to help Santa Rosa County improve the drainage basin of the Metron Estates Subdivision in Pace, Florida during a storm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: For Robbery Affecting Interstate Commerce. HAMMOND-Altonio Dequan Benson, 30, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio to 84 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay $422,552.99 in restitution following his guilty plea to robbery affecting interstate commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey accepted pleas of guilty from Isaac Gonzalez for crimes involving robbery, attempted robbery, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of that attempted robbery today. Immediately after the guilty pleas, Gonzalez, a 24-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 13 years and 4 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Fortson, Georgia man was sentenced to serve 151 months in federal prison for coercion and enticement of a minor as a result of an international child exploitation investigation.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
Release: This month, the United States honors slain journalists Natalya Estemirova and Paul Klebnikov. Klebnikov, a Forbes magazine journalist and U.S. citizen, investigated and exposed corruption in post-Soviet Russia. On July 9, 2004, he was shot and killed in Moscow, likely in retaliation for his work. Estemirova...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a former Chicago Public Schools principal on fraud charges for allegedly scheming to fraudulently obtain overtime pay.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Republican lawmakers today wrote the White House Counsel’s Office and the National Archives and Records Administration demanding documentation and communications related to the Biden family’s efforts to profit from proximity to the White House.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - David Wayne Watson, 37, of Dunbar, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. A federal grand jury indicted Watson in August 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: To maintain public safety, Federal Hall National Memorial has closed the area in the front of the building, located at 26 Wall Street in lower Manhattan. This includes the steps, which are a popular seating area with the general public and those who work on Wall Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Tony Fee, 49, and James Carroll, 35, both of Pitkin, Louisiana, have been sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to three (3) years of probation, with mandatory and special conditions, for unlawfully removing and damaging archeological resources at Kisatchie National...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate confirmed the nominations of Jocelyn Samuels to serve as Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by a vote of 52-47, and Seema Nanda to serve as Solicitor for the Department of Labor (DOL) by a vote of 53-46. In remarks on the Senate floor, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), through its HydroWIRES Initiative, announced three selectees for a Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA) for Improving Hydropower's Value Through Informed Decision Making. Additionally...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A second Burke County man has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to operating an illegal pill factory from a residence.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the Biden Administration to suspend indirect negotiations with the Iranians in Vienna after four Iranian intelligence officials attempted to kidnap an American-based journalist:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that on July 12, 2021, a federal jury convicted Gilberto Joel Hernández Marín of unlawful possession of a machinegun. He faces a sentence of up to 10 years of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced George Drummond, age 51, of Baltimore, to four years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in the Monument Street area of East...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Children’s smiles lit up a virtual classroom in South Los Angeles on June 5 when a simple, at-home chemistry experiment added a fun, new dimension to their science lessons.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send my warm wishes to the people of France as they celebrate their national day.
