News from July 2021
By Valerie Bonk | Jul 2, 2021
Tommy Beaudreau was sworn in as deputy secretary for the Department of the Interior by Secretary Deb Haaland.
By Valerie Bonk | Jul 2, 2021
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced that more than 1,900 local governments across the country will receive $529.3 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2021, as detailed in a Department of the Interior press release.
By Karla Florez | Jul 2, 2021
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled its new Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 report, highlighting 269 vulnerable bird species that require high conservation efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Pagan (40, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in death. The court also ordered Pagan to forfeit $105,932, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense. A federal jury had found her guilty on March 24, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT, Md.- On July 15, 2021 at 9 a.m. the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (NHP) will host a virtual meeting of the park’s Federal Advisory Commission. The meeting agenda will include park updates and outline goals for the park and commission in fiscal year 2021 and beyond.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Michael Lumpkin, a/k/a “Jamari" (26, Land O’Lakes), with one count of enticement and attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, two counts of using a minor child to produce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Dry Ridge, Kentucky, man, Paul Stapleton, 48, was sentenced Friday to 264 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of his drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Santos Duran, 23, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court on June 23 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The CEO of several Southern California-based medical imaging companies was found guilty by a federal jury today of running a scheme in which more than $250 million in claims were fraudulently submitted through the state workers’ compensation system for medical services procured through bribes and kickbacks to physicians and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on June 30, 2021, that YRIAN DEVORE “DEVORE", age 48, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty to count five of a multicount Indictment, which charged him with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Michael Nissen, 66, of Albuquerque, was sentenced on June 18 in federal court to three years and five months in prison for threatening to harm another in an interstate communication.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Thursday July 1, 2021, that JILL MARTIN, age 39, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectible amount of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury indicted Melvin Hilson, 49, currently a Deputy Warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, for repeatedly striking an inmate and knocking him to the ground, resulting in injury to the inmate. The indictment charges Hilson...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Shane Terhune, who sold heroin to a young couple just hours before the woman’s July 2018 overdose death, pleaded guilty to a charge of distributing that heroin, and admitted to causing the victim’s death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, in consultation with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today they have concluded their review of the July 2015 fatal shooting of Samuel DuBose by former University of Cincinnati police officer Raymond Tensing without filing criminal charges against the former officer. The FBI has similarly concluded its investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced yesterday to four life sentences in prison for his role in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy, murder, and attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: More than a dozen defendants are charged in a major drug-trafficking conspiracy alleged in a 22-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: The Ok-A-Beh swim beach opened the afternoon of July 1st after receiving confirmation from Energy Laboratories new water test levels are below the standard threshold for E Coli. Park staff samples both the Ok-A-Beh and Horseshoe Bend swim beach areas regularly to ensure the water is safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) wants the public to be safe during the Fourth of July. Understanding the dangers associated with illegal or improperly used/manufactured fireworks can prevent severe injuries, disfigurement, or even death.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, 135 members introduced the bipartisan Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act with the backing of nearly 60 groups and organizations.
