News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (D-GA), along with Reps. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC), introduced the Judiciary Accountability ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three men are now facing federal charges for their roles in a conspiracy on behalf of Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: A Lubbock man who shot at police and then led them on a 115 mile-per-hour chase in Lamesa, Texas, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for gun and drug crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Dolton, Ill., man, Jerry Caldwell, 59, of the 14000 block of Shepard Drive has been sentenced to 64 months in the Bureau of Prisons for possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you for joining us.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Canadian man was sentenced to 40 years in prison today for orchestrating an online sextortion scheme and producing images of child sexual abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are seeking public feedback on a draft Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) for Death Valley National Park. This plan would apply only to commercial sightseeing flights, not to personal pilots or military aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Phoenix Phan, age 62, of Syracuse, pled guilty today to filing a false tax return for herself and to aiding and abetting the filing of a false tax return for a client. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas Fattorusso, Acting Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Chris Mengel to serve as the superintendent of Lava Beds and Tule Lake national monuments starting in late August. Mengel currently serves as the chief ranger at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct research and development into the ways that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting and attempting to rob a postal employee.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Canadian man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating an online sextortion scheme and producing images of child sexual abuse. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: FLOWOOD, Ms.- The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event August 13-14, 2021, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Meadow Event Park Pavilion Arena, Gate 4 in Doswell, Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On, Dec. 27, 2020, a park ranger on patrol contacted three adults loitering inside the park after hours. It turned out that two of the individuals were convicted felons. In the vehicle, the ranger found a handgun, drug paraphernalia, digital scales, baggies, a magnetic hidden compartment, and almost six ounces of Methamphetamine. No one claimed ownership of the items, resulting in all three adults being jailed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three men are now facing federal charges for their roles in a conspiracy on behalf of Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County man pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Burlington International Airport (BTV) is gearing up to celebrate the career and retirement of Cooper, an explosive detection canine who has worked as a Passenger Screening Canine at BTV since 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Sunday, Aug. 1, people may apply to the 2021-2022 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows one group of up to five snowmobiles to enter Yellowstone from each of its four winter entrances per day.
