News from July 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered remarks at the Woodrow Wilson Center celebrating the first anniversary of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: USCMA is a Truly Bipartisan Effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Willie Murphy, Jr., 39, of Tampa, Florida, has been sentenced to serve 20 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a synthetic cathinone as a result of his previously entered guilty plea. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard C. O’Hara, age 32, of Broome County pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct with him. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On July 1, 2021, Katrina S. Carinci, 28, of Knoxville, TN, was sentenced to 125 months imprisonment by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the summer heats up (literally), the National Park Service reminds visitors to take extra precautions to prevent wildfires, heat-related illnesses and stay safe around wildlife. With record-breaking heatwaves and drought conditions, national park rangers invite visitors to follow new insider tips and Plan Like a Park Ranger to have fun and stay safe during park visits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CARLOS MARIO CANTU-COX, age 49, and his husband, CHRISTOPHER CANTU-COX, age 38, both of Pasadena, Texas, were sentenced on June 29, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter to twenty years of imprisonment, five years of supervised release and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, the maximum sentence allowed under the statute 21 United States Code § 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Images of the Defendant Allegedly Carrying a Gun Were Captured by Police Body Camera.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Belize citizen, who was unlawfully in the United States, was sentenced Thursday to 37 months in prison for using a fraudulent U.S. Permanent Resident and Social Security cards while applying for a “Real ID" identification card at a Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is seeking information in three topic areas to support DHS Component technology needs. Eligible submissions to the Other Agency Technology Solutions (OATS) Requests for Information (RFIs) must leverage previous SBIR or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I, Phase II or Phase III awards from a federal agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a Brockton construction company and related businesses was sentenced yesterday on charges that he paid employees under-the-table payroll wages that defrauded the government, workers compensation insurance carriers and the state unemployment benefits program of more than $1.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Morgan Kenney, 35, and Zachary Craig Carlson, 30, of Hope, Idaho, were sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr., today. Senior United States Ninth Circuit Judge Richard C. Tallman sentenced Kenney to 52 months and Carlson to 37 months. Kenney and Carlson, upon completion of their time, were ordered to serve an additional three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Buffalo, Missouri, man who is a registered sex offender has been sentenced in federal court for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two Orange County men were charged today with conning thousands of investors into purchasing a cryptocurrency that purportedly provided exclusive access to a trading program that they falsely claimed was profitable, and then using most of the $1.8 million raised to enrich themselves.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a briefing for the National Urban League plaintiffs in the case of NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, et. al., v. GINA RAIMONDO et. al. The Census Bureau agreed in a Joint Stipulation in settling this lawsuit to brief plaintiffs every two months to allow an opportunity for...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on Yahoo! Finance to discuss President Biden’s surrender of American trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Frank Leon Stapleton, 45, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced in federal court today to thirty-five years' imprisonment for enticement of a minor, production of child pornography, and transfer of obscene matter to a minor. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three individuals appeared in federal court today for gun crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Tuscarora Field Office, has opened public scoping on the proposed Diamond #1-27 wildcat oil well south of Jiggs, Nevada in Diamond Valley. The purpose of the public scoping is to gather information on potential resources and issues in the project location.
