News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Gainesville has convicted Travonta Deangelo Rivers, 33, of Gainesville, on two counts of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The guilty verdict, reached by the jury yesterday after a two-day trial that began on Wednesday, was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: All of the defendants charged in connection with a dog-fighting ring broken up in 2018 in Dodge County have admitted guilt to federal charges now that the operator of the dog-fighting facility has pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Collazo, age 34, formerly of Girardville, Schuylkill County, pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to possession with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after President Biden nominated Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to serve as Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - Permits to cut and collect personal use firewood in northern Idaho are now available for purchase online through the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Forest Product Permit System. Permits are valid for woodcutting lands managed by the Coeur d’Alene and Cottonwood Field Offices. They are not valid for firewood cutting activities on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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) on the OECD’s newly announced framework for international taxation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida -- Defendant Fabio Lopez, 62, of Weston, Florida was sentenced last week by a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale to 10 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Brent Edwin Justin, 32, of Maricopa, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to nearly 17 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Justin previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Blue Valley Land Exchange, which proposes an exchange of nine parcels of federal land totaling 1,489 acres in Grand County for nine parcels of non-federal, private land totaling 1,830 in Grand and Summit counties.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Richard and Monique Parker of Spanish Fort, Alabama, doing business as FB McGuinness were sentenced in federal court on four counts of an information. The Parkers pled guilty to introducing misbranded animal drugs...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after President Biden nominated Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to serve as Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Daniel Velcu, age 43, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal bank and wire fraud conspiracy, in which the conspirators received approximately $1,244,056.77 in stolen checks intended for religious institutions.
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) and the top Republican on the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s proposed rule for implementing on the ban on surprise medical billing...
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 DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after President Biden nominated Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to serve as Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Northern Ohio Health System Agrees to Pay Over $21 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Improper Payments to Referring Physicians.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - - Over a period from February through June 2021, eight organizations assisted Cape Lookout National Seashore to remove an accumulation of thirty-three tons of storm-deposited debris from Shackleford Banks. The project focused on debris that had washed into the middle of Shackleford Banks and through the marshes and shrubs from Back Sound.
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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - If you received a letter from FEMA that says you’re ineligible for help or that there is “no decision," read the letter carefully. FEMA may need additional information from you to continue processing your application. If you have insurance and are applying for federal assistance, you must file a claim with your insurance provider. If applicable, you will need to provide a copy of your insurance settlement approval or denial letter.
