News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Derek Crosby, age 40, of Baltimore, yesterday to 102 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in the Monument Street area of East Baltimore, and for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Leon Roldan, age 42, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute a kilogram of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Ridgecrest, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office and the Inyo National Forest have extended the public comment period for the draft Comprehensive River Management Plan for Cottonwood Creek through Friday, Aug. 6, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Terrance Lee Hester Jr. (21, Tampa) to five years in federal prison for damaging or destroying by fire a building used in interstate commerce. The court also ordered Hester to pay restitution and to serve three years of supervised release following completion of his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Michelle Sunshine Betters, 44, from Tucson, Arizona, appeared telephonically in federal court on charges relating to the transportation of illegal aliens while placing a person’s life in jeopardy, causing bodily injury, and resulting in death. Betters was previously indicted on three counts by a federal grand jury. The district court ordered Betters detained pending trial, which is scheduled for September 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va., - A Dobson, North Carolina man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute medically illegitimate prescriptions for Schedule II opioids and Suboxone, as well as conspiring to use, in the course of the distribution of controlled substances, the DEA registration number of another person.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement applauding the first U.S. rice sales to Iraq in two years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Danville, Ill., man, Courtland Rowell, Jr., 21, of the 900 block of Moore Street has been sentenced to 114 months for obstruction of commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Kilgore man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing to consider the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Robert F. Bonnie to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard J. Potter, Jr., age 57, of Springport, New York, pled guilty today to charges of receipt and possession of child pornography, and to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s Subcommittee hearing on treatments and cures for neurodegenerative diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Lonnie Dontae Mitchell, 36, from Montgomery, Alabama, was convicted by a federal jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing to consider the nominations of Xochitl Torres Small, to be under secretary for rural development, and Robert Bonnie, to be under secretary for farm production and conservation at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 25-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography and transferring obscene material to a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A New Zealand man pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in the City of Trenton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) introduced the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, legislation to end forced arbitration clauses and protect workers’ ability to pursue work-related claims in court.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2021
Release: QUESTION: So Mr. Secretary, if you could please tell us about your impression about your visit in Kuwait?
