News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Rocky Mount man was sentenced to 87 months in prison for possessing multiple firearms despite being a previously convicted felon. Keyonte Da’quan Smith, also known as “Smiley," entered his guilty plea on March 3, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that defendant Anthony Eli Lucero, a/k/a “Blade," age 42, of Denver, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Keith A. Penn, 41, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and firearm charges. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: The United States expresses its deep concern with the Kyrgyz Republic’s recent approval of a law imposing onerous financial and programmatic reporting requirements on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The new requirements threaten the ability of NGOs to improve the lives of citizens and impede the...
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 $1.3 million grant to the New Orleans Business Alliance, New Orleans, Louisiana, to support the development of wet lab space and a clean room as a key...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a St. Thomas man was sentenced today to four years’ probation, a $1,000 fine, and 150 hours of community service for possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Olatunde James Temitope Akintonde of El Cajon, California pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday, admitting that he sold fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a nineteen-year-old Santee, California man, identified in court records as S.J.G., in March of 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: 27 Projects Will Study Complex Cloud and Aerosol Interactions to Better Understand, Predict, and Respond to the Climate Emergency
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $604,405 grant to Rocky Mountain World Trade Center Institute, Denver, Colorado, to provide technical assistance, planning, and coaching for Colorado small- and medium-sized businesses to increase international sales, job creation, and job retention. This EDA grant will be matched with $604,405 in local investment.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to today’s remarks from President Biden on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessica Lee Lynch, of Augusta, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Moscow, Russia, from July 12 to July 15, 2021, to meet with Russian government officials to discuss various means of enhancing global climate ambition.
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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Houston man was sentenced to federal prison July 8, for conspiracy to transport noncitizens.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fifth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began May 17. Results will be released weekly May 27 to July 22. The SBPS includes questions on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, measures of overall well-being, and expectations for recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant Charged with Using Phony Merchant Accounts to Obtain Credit Card Processing for His Deceptive Business.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - As one element of the ongoing implementation of the 2019 Drought Contingency Plans for the Colorado River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation today released additional 5-year projections on the Colorado River System based on June 2021 conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal jury today convicted Rick A. Benavides, a 48-year-old Department of Defense information technology contractor, of attempting to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Vancouver, Washington man was sentenced to federal prison today for sending sexually explicit emails and text messages to an undercover law enforcement officer posing online as a 13-year-old girl, and then traveling across state lines for a planned sexual encounter with the child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A McKinney man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
