News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: MONROE, La. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Charlie L. Simpson, 48, of Downsville, who worked as Chief Operating Officer of United Home Care, Inc. (“United") and Trinity Home Health Care, Inc. (“Trinity"), and Charles R. Gardner, 53, of West Monroe, who worked as Chief Financial...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today joined Varney & Co. on Fox Business Network to discuss the importance of Friday’s release of the June’s jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury here has indicted William T. Caniff, Jr., 52, of Toronto, Ohio alleging multiple wire fraud and money laundering charges related to a binary options fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Additional trails have reopened in Rocky Mountain National Park, as park staff continue to address impacts from the East Troublesome Fire. Crews have removed down trees and replaced and repaired bridges and trail stabilization materials. Many bridges and replacement material, like pressure treated logs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that AARON E. MERRITT, age 37 of Madison, Maine pleaded guilty to trespassing on the Old Faithful thermal area in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Merritt appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming on July 1, 2021, for the arraignment and sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Torrey, UT - Capitol Reef National Park entered Stage II Fire Restrictions on June 30, 2021. Utah’s hot-dry conditions are prompting agencies to issue fire restrictions as the west experiences extreme and unprecedented drought.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden Administration’s proposal to create a second death tax-by repealing “stepped-up basis"-will harm America’s family farms, ranches, and Main Street businesses and will kill 1 million jobs, according to testimony during a Ways and Means Republican meeting on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -GUSTAVO BALDERAS, age 34, a resident of Texas, pled guilty on June 30, 2021 before United States District Court Judge Martin L. C. Feldman to a one-count superseding bill of information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five hundred grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.170 (“General public use cabins") for non-exclusive use of Slaven’s Roadhouse (65.35045, -143.12267) from Oct. 1, 2021 through Feb. 1, 2022. As required under 36 CFR 13.110 (“Notice and comment on proposed permit"), the NPS is hereby providing public notice and initiating a 60-day public comment period. The public is invited to comment on the proposed activity.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
Release: The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) announces stage one of two for an open competition for applications for projects to combat trafficking in persons outside of the United States. Applicants are invited to submit Statements of Interest describing how they will address a minimum of one of the programming priorities described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Caribou man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: The workshop will run from 8:45 - 10:45 a.m. C.S.T. and is sponsored by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, Indiana Dunes National Park, and the Great Lakes Research and Education Center. In addition to resources shared during the workshop, the Center for Great Lakes Literacy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 35-year-old Edinburg man has entered a guilty plea to being a prohibited person in possession of firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Now that the June jobs report is in, and four months after Congress passed the President’s $1.9 trillion “jobs" plan, how do President Biden’s jobs numbers compare to the White House’s preferred jobs projections?.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Defendant was the last of twelve convicted in large Methamphetamine Conspiracy.
By Zachary Beasley | Jul 2, 2021
The U.S. Department of Interior has transferred 18,800 acres into a trust for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) of the Flathead Reservation in Montana more than a century after it was illegally seized from the tribes by the federal government.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that AARON E. MERRITT, age 37 of Madison, Maine pleaded guilty to trespassing on the Old Faithful thermal area in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Merritt appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming on July 1, 2021, for the arraignment and sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - RAYMOND ZEPEDA age 48, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on June 29, 2021 before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Six federal criminal complaints charging six defendants with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by violence or threats of violence including extortion were unsealed in the U.S. District Court in Maryland on Wednesday. The affidavit in support of the criminal complaints was partially unsealed. The defendants are.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park and Preserve, - A bear-inflicted human injury occurred in Katmai National Park near the confluence of the Savonoski and Grosvenor Rivers at approximately 1:00 PM on Wednesday, June 30. One visitor sustained injuries to his forearm before bear spray could be deployed to deter the bear. National Park Service Rangers provided emergency medical care to the visitor.
