News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Margiotta, 50, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to wire fraud and filing a false tax return. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Parkwide vehicle entries through the Fourth of July weekend showed an 8% increase over the same weekend in 2019. This year is compared to 2019 instead of 2020 because of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today a new partnership with the Clay County Missouri Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Today, a father and son were arrested and charged in a bank fraud scheme in which they provided fraudulent information to financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing boats, luxury vehicles, and heavy equipment, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE - Two defendants were charged with a count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and a count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, ahead of a meeting of finance ministers from the G-20, outlining concerns with the high-level agreement reached at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of California has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston yesterday of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: This July 9, we honor the more than 300 lawyers and human rights defenders who were unjustly detained, interrogated, and imprisoned by authorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on July 9, 2015, in what is known as the “709 crackdown." The government of China targeted these individuals in a...
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement ahead of the United Nations Security Council’s vote on humanitarian access to the Syrian people.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches the Mid-Atlantic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging residents and business owners with interests in the Mid-Atlantic to stay aware of the weather and prepare for possible hazards such as flooding, tornadoes, and power outages. It only takes one storm to change your life, and that storm does not necessarily need to be a hurricane to cause damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: TERRE HAUTE - Criminal charges were filed today against a Terre Haute man who was taken into custody yesterday for killing Terre Haute Police Detective and FBI Task Force Officer, Gregory Ferency, outside the FBI Resident Agency office on July 7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A City of Bridgeton police officer has been indicted for offenses arising from an assault on the streets of Bridgeton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national who has been deported seven times after illegally entering the United States was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a Daviess County, Missouri, marijuana-growing operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a four count indictment charging Spencer Hart, 37, of Albion, NY, with three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to the city of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to extend water and sewer infrastructure to attract new industry and support the expansion...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it will publish a notice in the Federal Register to extend the comment period for the COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard (ETS) to Aug. 20, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RANDOLPH ARD (“ARD"), age 65, of Kentwood, Louisiana, was sentenced today for Possession of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(4)(B).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) released a Request for Information (RFI) to seek stakeholder input on factors to consider in relation to defining "an area where there is inadequate electric service," which will inform future eligibility criteria for WPTO's Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, BRANDON ALLEN McNEILL, 40, of Wellston, pleaded guilty to a "lie and buy" by making a false statement on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) firearms transaction record when purchasing a firearm from licensed gun dealer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
