News from July 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer’s (R-Ky.) legislation, the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 (H.R. 26), was signed into law. This legislation ends reverse auctions for complex design and construction services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that on July 22, 2021, a federal jury convicted Jean Carlos Polaco-Hance of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and of unlawful possessing a machinegun. He faces a sentence of up to 10 years of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Devell Lincoln, age 55, of Washington, D.C., of conspiring to commit theft of public money, theft of public money and aggravated identity theft. The jury returned its verdict late on July 23, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nathaniel Myers a/k/a Stretch, 29, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced additional steps it will take to secure the health and safety of adopted wild horses and burros through the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Incentive Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Orlando Lopez pleaded guilty to nine counts of child exploitation and one count of possession of child pornography. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Eric R. Komitee. When sentenced, Lopez faces up to 50 years’ imprisonment on each count of production of child pornography, as well as forfeiture, restitution and a fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man is expected to make his initial appearance today after being charged with trafficking over three kilograms of methamphetamine and illegally possessing unregistered firearms as a previously convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes and Haleakalā National Parks have much in common: rare silverswords, nēnē, sacred volcanic summits and even their own specialty license plates. Founded as one park in 1916 and called “Hawaii National Park," both parks invite the community to celebrate their 105th birthdays on Sunday, August 1 with free entrance.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) will distribute nearly $5 million to synagogues, churches, religious...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Todd County, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for failure to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - Due to increased fire activity, the Bureau of Land Management, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has closed the entire Devils Creek Road due to the Devils Creek fire in Montana’s Garfield County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that two Columbia men were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base. Jamil Shamond Brennan, 26, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than 9 years in prison. Tevin Brosia, 27, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alton Dunn, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on July 26, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Ill., man, Keith L. Winters, 31, was sentenced on July 21, 2021, to an aggregate term of 67 months in federal prison, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for conspiring and stealing firearms from federal firearms licensees, possessing stolen firearms, and possessing firearms while a felon. Altogether, Winters’s burglaries involved 94 stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - The former president of an escrow and title company was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for misappropriating $715,000 of closing funds in connection with 48 real estate transactions for which she served as the settlement agent.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opposing the approval of a trust for the proposed merger of the Canadian National (CN) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) railroads. In his letter, DeFazio stated that approving the trust is not in the public interest and would reduce competition.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: EASTON, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation invites the public to identify issues or alternatives for consideration in the development of an environmental assessment for the Kachess Dam safety project. The 30-day public comment period will be open from July 26 to Aug. 25. The project area is located in Kittitas County, two miles north of Easton, Wash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, PA - A resident of Blair County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute multiple Schedule I and II controlled substances, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
