News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood man was found guilty by a federal jury today of nine felonies, including that he provided fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men who died at his apartment after being injected with the drug.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A top Hanford priority got a major boost thanks to upgrades to the site’s massive electrical system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: The Seizure of the Two Domains Marks the 14th and 15th Fraudulent Website Seizures by the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and HSI Since the Pandemic; One Site Linked to Dark Web Vendor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man, previously convicted of multiple felonies, admitted today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing narcotics with intent to distribute, and possessing the firearm in furtherance of narcotics trafficking, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man who was previously employed by the New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency (NJDCP&P) was sentenced today to 250 months in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry traveled to the United Kingdom and Italy from July 20 to July 26, 2021, to engage with G20 and international counterparts. This effort raises the climate ambition ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this November in Glasgow, UK.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay July 11 - July 17, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Jason Wayne Irving, 38, of Pittsburg, Kansas, was sentenced to 300 months in prison for distributing child pornography. In February, he pleaded guilty to one count of Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island woman pleaded guilty today to sending phishing emails to candidates for political office and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Victim Was Fatally Shot in an Attempted Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former supervisor of security operations for eBay’s was sentenced today for his role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting a Natick, Mass. couple who published a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Fairview man, Lonnie Burdette Porter, 59, has been convicted of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm after a two-day trial in Billings. Porter was released on conditions pending sentencing which Judge Susan Watters set for Dec. 15, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. in Billings.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Raheem Nigge Taylor, 28, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of firearms by a prohibited person, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington - Today marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (AWA). The law is named for 6-year-old Adam Walsh, who was abducted from a Florida mall on this same date in 1981 by a serial killer. Adam’s abduction and murder served as a catalyst for change...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal judge today sentenced 63-year-old Michael Dewayne Sheeds to 50 years in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for the production and possession of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's business meeting titled “To Consider H.R. 267, 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act and associated Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.".
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A south Texas defense attorney pleaded guilty to violating the Travel Act by unlawfully accessing federal documents in order to assist a known drug trafficker.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on recent events in Tunisia.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Shipbuilders Council of America and its associate members have signed a two-year alliance to protect shipbuilding workers in the Mid-Atlantic region from workplace safety and health hazards.
