News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is releasing $7.65 million in a competitive microgrant grant solicitation that will fund body-worn cameras (BWCs) to any law enforcement department with 50 or fewer full-time sworn personnel, rural agencies (those agencies within non-urban or non-metro counties); and federally-recognized Tribal agencies.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, William Don Dollarhide, 45, of Nardin, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: NOAA today released for public comment its draft analysis for a national marine sanctuary in eastern Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River that would celebrate the area’s unique history and heritage, and provide a national stage for promoting tourism and recreation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - After a 7-day trial, a federal jury found Seddrick Banks, of Cartersville, Georgia, guilty of drug distribution resulting in death and a myriad of other charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Terrell man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger today sentenced Joseph Amaya to 12 months in federal prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. The court also ordered Amaya to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Coffee County man who operated a pill factory was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SHAUN HAWKINS, 44, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 39 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine while he on federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Defendant served as advisor to Massachusetts Latin Kings Leadership.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. -Timothy Jay Norman, age 47, of Browns Summit, NC, and Tommy Lee Hudson, age 33, of Reidsville, NC, were arrested today on criminal firearm charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: This summer, a team of students and professional archaeologists from Portland State University, Washington State University, and the National Park Service are exploring one of the most important colonial and multicultural places in the Pacific Northwest. While learning archaeological field and lab methods...
By John Sammon | Jul 7, 2021
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) said her department launched a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative last month at a National Congress of American Indians Midyear 2021 Conference in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Akhabue Ehis Onoimoimilin, aka “David Harrison," a 29-year-old Nigerian national residing in Houston, to 87 months of imprisonment for his participation in a money laundering conspiracy that swindled more than $2.2 million from victims using Business Email Compromise (BEC) and romance scams.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Counselor Derek Chollet met with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman al Saud today in Washington for discussions on regional security, support for Saudi Arabia to defend itself from cross-border attacks, and improving...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in federal prison by the Honorable Colm F. Connolly, for possession with intent to distribute crack and powder cocaine and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Outbreak was the largest public health crisis ever caused by a contaminated pharmaceutical drug.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the below statement on the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $5.8 million in funding to develop three construction technologies that together can reduce the cost of new nuclear builds by more than 10 percent.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2021
News Release: Manassas National Battlefield Park will mark the 160th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas (also known as Bull Run) with a series of events and programs on July 17, 18 and 21.
