News from July 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to be director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Stone-Manning collaborated with eco-terrorists who spiked hundreds of trees in Idaho and then lied to the United States Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Thomas Patrick Connally, Jr., age 56, for the federal charges of threats against a federal official and interstate communication containing a threat to harm, specifically for sending emails threatening harm to Dr. Anthony Fauci...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Whitewood, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Defendant used five separate Snapchat accounts to sexually exploit children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Charles R. Jorgensen, 43, of Boise, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Jorgensen to serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), in coordination with the International Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Department of State, and the Organization of American States (OAS), announced that a high-level delegation of global and regional leaders...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Shane Sonderman, 20, of Lauderdale County has been sentenced to sixty months in federal prison for participating in a group whose swatting call led to the death of a grandfather in Sumner County, Tennessee, last April. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: FARGO - Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Ruben Joe Cruz, age 38, Bottineau, ND, to 35 years in federal prison for the charge of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Use of a Firearm During and Relation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric G. Cooke, 51, Ladysmith, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 9 years in federal prison for possessing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Cooke pleaded guilty to this charge on April 28, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Implementation and Enforcement of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement: One Year After Entry into Force.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments was sentenced on July 26, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released the final report for a pilot study assessing the economic and environmental benefits of alternative reservoir operations. The study - Economic Benefits of Alternative Reservoir Operations for Lake Mendocino - identifies innovative approaches to improve flood mitigation and drought resiliency using Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that USDA is investing $14 million in rural economic development projects (PDF, 148 KB) in 10 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 180 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years supervised release, for his convictions for violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 56-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to the Australian government, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Assailant Dressed in Paramilitary Gear Repeatedly Sprayed Officers with Chemical Irritant.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. - In the year 2020, more than 4 million visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore spent $180 million in nearby communities, according to a new National Park Service report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Arrests were made this morning after 34 people were indicted on July 20 for a drug trafficking conspiracy that spans several states, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to examine what resources and authorities the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to fulfill its...
