News published on Federal Newswire in July 2021

News from July 2021


Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Failure to Appear

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Appear was sentenced on July 19, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Department Of Justice Announces Launch Of Firearms Trafficking Strike Forces To Crack Down On Sources Of Crime Guns

News Release: Southern and Eastern Districts of New York to Participate in Cross-Jurisdictional Strike Force.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.


Sentence More Than Doubled for Man Who Committed Fraud While on Pretrial Release in Separate Fraud Case

News Release: A Sweetwater man who perpetrated a $12.3 million fraud while on pretrial release in a separate fraud case had almost nine years tacked onto his sentence today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.


Judge sentences St. Louis man for maintaining a drug house

News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Farraad Johnson, 46, of St. Louis, Missouri, to a 36-month term of imprisonment on Wednesday. Johnson pleaded guilty in March to maintaining a drug-involved premises.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Jon T. Bogart, 60, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard for possession of child pornography. Bogart was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison and 15 years of supervised...


FAA Launches Campaign to Encourage Air Traffic Controller Applications from Women, Minorities

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ahead of an upcoming open application window to become an air traffic control specialist, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration has launched a week-long campaign to encourage more applications from women, minorities, and individuals from underrepresented ...


Congress Must Take Action to Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Restore Forest Health

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a forum titled "Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires and Restoring Forest Health and Resiliency.".


News Release: Alleged abuse occurred while defendant served as Special Agent with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.


News Release: Eugene Rosen Made Improper Payments to Family Trusts with Corporate Funds Instead of Repaying Federally Insured Mortgage, Leaving Taxpayers to Foot the Bill.


Grayson County Woman Who Stole and Sold Protected Health  Information Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Federal Prison

News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Sherman woman has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.


Wyden, Democrats Introduce Bill To Help Working Families Save For Retirement

News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and six Democratic colleagues today introduced legislation to help working and middle-class families save for retirement.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, for road and sewer infrastructure improvements at the 107-acre Kenosha...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Everton, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in the Springfield, Mo., area.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - An off-duty federal law enforcement officer accused of pointing an assault rifle at three Blackfeet tribal employees who were testing water on his property admitted simple assault charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Use and Brandishing of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a money laundering conspiracy.


Tallulah Man Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: MONROE, La. - Patrick Senclair Jackson, 46, of Tallulah, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for drug trafficking.


Bellows Falls Woman Sentenced for Buying a Firearm for a Felon

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on July 22, 2021, Bridgette Lawlor, 34, of Bellows Falls, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve two years on federal probation after her guilty plea to one count of making a false...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released two reports that present statistics on adults in the U.S. correctional system. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2019 - Statistical Tables provides data on both incarcerated persons and those on probation or parole, while Probation and Parole in the United States, 2019 focuses on persons under community supervision on probation or parole.