News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Lauderdale, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Michelle Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: A former prison guard has admitted participating in a drug trafficking operation in south Georgia that included smuggling contraband to inmates.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service has prepared a supplemental environmental assessment (EA) related to a 2019 EA of an oral rabies vaccination (ORV) program in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. This supplement analyzes our proposal to expand ONRAB vaccine baits into the ORV program area in Pennsylvania in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago accountant has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for misappropriating more than $1.1 million from four employers and three lending institutions.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s a particular pleasure to have Foreign Minister Hussein, my friend of many years, colleague of many years here at the State Department, with his delegation for the Strategic Dialogue with the United States and Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that John Wizinsky, 57, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Wizinsky to 262 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin an 8-year term of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Jusgo Duluth LLC, doing business as Jusgo Supermarket, satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $135,785 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service has prepared a supplemental environmental assessment (EA) related to a 2019 EA of an oral rabies vaccination (ORV) program in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. This supplement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that three South Carolinians have been sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty to bank fraud charges in schemes that defrauded the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cleveland, Ohio man was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for a drug crime. James Lavan, 45, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 12-count indictment was unsealed today charging West Sacramento residents Kimberly Acevedo, 50, and Philip Rich, 49, with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, possession of stolen mail, and unlawful possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement after the Biden Administration said it was “deeply disappointed" the People’s Republic of China rejected a second World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, August 7, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 90-minute, ranger-led car caravan tour exploring the role of sharpshooters during the Battle of Chickamauga. This program begins at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - Guadalupe Mountains National Park will open opportunities for group campsite reservations for the Pine Springs and Dog Canyon group sites on Recreation.gov on July 27, 2021. Visitors will be able to make group site reservations up to 6 months in advance online by this date. This is...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a congressional delegation to McAllen, Texas to survey the impacts illegal immigration and the Biden border crisishaveon sensitive wildlife habitats and federal lands along the border. U.S. Reps. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) joined Westerman on the trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Filemon Padilla Martinez, 56, of Mexico, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 10 years in prison for conspiring to manufacture marijuana and depredation of federal lands, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Lequan Jaheem Pemberton, 26, a resident of Austin, TX, was sentenced to two years’ probation for possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Marion, TX - Aaron Gomez was arrested yesterday by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) on charges involving violation of parole conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a Dominican Republic national was sentenced today in federal court on St. Thomas to 135 months in prison for trafficking over 1,000 kilograms of cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact."
