News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Sean Wygovsky Stole Confidential Trade Information from His Employer to Place Hundreds of Timely, Profitable Trades in Years-Long Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: AUBURN, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with California Conservation Corps and the Cool-Pilot Hill Fire Safe Council, began work on June 21 to reduce wildfire threats by creating a shaded fuel break between Auburn State Recreation Area and the Northside Elementary School in Cool, a...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a transition of his top Committee staff as longtime Staff Director Jeff Carroll prepares to depart Capitol Hill. With Carroll’s departure, Pallone announced today that Deputy Staff Director Tiffany Guarascio has been promoted to Staff Director and General Counsel Waverly Gordon has been promoted to Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close public lands in and near Whitewater Canyon, in Riverside County, due to the potential threat of wildfire. The public safety closure will begin on Friday, July 2 and will remain in place until October 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal indictment unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Florida charges the caretaker of two seniors with accessing to their bank accounts to steal nearly $300,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Significant disruption to Mexico-bound gun trafficking continues under Operation Without a Trace, with seizures of 1,125 firearms, over 680,000 rounds of ammunition, $28 million in currency and 360 arrests made to date. Along with this multi-agency, ongoing operation, agents seek the public’s assistance in reporting suspicious activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antoine Gilbert a/k/a Twan, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to narcotics conspiracy, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park had its hottest June on record this year, with an average day/night temperature of 102.8°F. June 2021 beat the previous record by 1°F.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul will join Mike Emanuel on “Fox News Sunday" this Sunday, July 4th at 9amET/8amCT. Rep. McCaul will highlight his investigation into the origins of COVID-19, the impending fallout of President Biden’s poorly planned withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the humanitarian crisis at our Southern border.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 2, 2021] - Going-to-the-Sun Road successfully opened on June 25 and preliminary data shows a 41% increase in the number of vehicles on Going-to-the-Sun Road over opening day in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Thursday, July 1, 2021 that MATTHEW BARRA, age 33, JOSELYN BARRA, age 54, and JAMES HEIGLE, age 39, all from Orleans Parish, were charged in a six-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act, Misprision of a Felony, and False Declarations Before a Grand Jury.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a transition of his top Committee staff as longtime Staff Director Jeff Carroll prepares to depart Capitol Hill. With Carroll’s departure, Pallone announced today that Deputy Staff Director Tiffany Guarascio has been promoted to Staff Director and General Counsel Waverly Gordon has been promoted to Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso July 2, 2021 Fox News Every Fourth of July, Americans pile into their vehicles and take to the roads to celebrate our independence. We drive to backyard cookouts, town parades, community pools and local firework shows to celebrate the events of 1776. In 2019, America ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a transition of his top Committee staff as longtime Staff Director Jeff Carroll prepares to depart Capitol Hill. With Carroll’s departure, Pallone announced today that Deputy Staff Director Tiffany Guarascio has been promoted to Staff Director and General Counsel Waverly Gordon has been promoted to Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: In the past two weeks, Fire #223, the Cultas Creek Fire, has grown from 10 acres to an estimated 3,000 acres. Its smoke may be visible from the Yukon River, and the smell may be strong, depending on wind direction.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Old Fall River Road will open to vehicles on Saturday, July 3. Old Fall River Road normally opens by fourth of July weekend. Old Fall River Road was built between 1913 and 1920. It is an unpaved road which travels from Endovalley Picnic Area to above treeline at Fall River Pass, following the steep slope...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Federal Indictment Adds New Charges To Previous Charge That Licensed Civil and Structural Engineer Defrauded Clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Isabelle Garcia, 56, former controller for the George Town Club (“GTC"), pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of wire fraud stemming from a scheme in which she defrauded the GTC of over $300,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Davonte Williams-Dorsey Found Guilty of Possessing 20 Kilograms of Methamphetamine and a Loaded 9 mm Pistol.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Davit Davitashvili, 43, of Gori, the Republic of Georgia, and a naturalized American citizen, was charged by Indictment today with one count of transmitting in interstate and foreign commerce a threat to injure another person. The defendant was arrested on June 3, 2021 upon arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York, and taken into custody.
