News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Miami woman was indicted yesterday in connection with allegedly filing for and obtaining fraudulent pandemic-related loans and using those funds for personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Twelve people are facing multiple firearms and drug charges after a federal Grand Jury handed down a firearms and drug trafficking indictment on July 21, 2021, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that VINCENT FELIX RIVERE, age 48, and MEGAN LYNN SHOEMAKER, age 36, former residents of Springfield, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2021 to selling Louisiana Common box turtles in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on July 27, 2021, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two St. Joseph, Missouri, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and for illegally possessing firearms.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “State of the Beef Supply Chain: Shocks, Recovery, and Rebuilding".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Republican Member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) opened today’s Trade Subcommittee hearing examining the importance of leveraging the power of U.S. markets to help free millions of people around the world who are enslaved by forced labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Floyd Barber, 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White on today’s date and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with an intent to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Honorable Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Honorable Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. S. Jaishankar, distinguished members of both delegations, members of the media: a very good afternoon again to all of you and a very warm welcome on this special press interaction on the occasion of the visit of the Secretary of State of the United States of America to New Delhi. Thank you for being in person here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Jordan Michael Drake, 34, of Boise, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Drake to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Drake was convicted by a jury on April 8, 2021, following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 27, 2021, Modest Moreno, age 31, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: The following programs can be enjoyed on the South District of the park near Lovell, Wyoming.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led 75 members - including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and 14 committee ranking members...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Bidenflation Won’t Stop Democrats’ Runaway Spending.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs’ (PM) Office of Global Programs (GPI) and Initiatives manages key programs to improve security sector governance and institutional capacity internationally. One of these programs is the Global Defense Reform Program (GDRP), which aim to build the resilience of...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: The House today passed, on a 217 to 212 vote, the 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill. The legislation funds U.S. diplomatic, development, and foreign policy agencies and programs, including the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today filed a criminal information charging a San Luis Obispo man with bribery for paying a county supervisor approximately $32,000 - most of that in cash - in exchange for the supervisor’s votes and influence on other votes affecting his cannabis business interests.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today established the boundaries of Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, celebrating a significant milestone in the ongoing evolution of a national park that tells the story of the birth of America’s industrialization and its profound impact on society. Secretary Haaland made the announcement in a meeting with members of the Rhode Island congressional delegation today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: A Sapulpa man who thought he was meeting a 14-year-old for sex but instead was met by deputies from the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office was sentenced today in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Suffolk County, New York, resident admitted today to illegally possessing a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
