News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Disney’s animated film “Mulan" will kick off a Women in the Military multi-program event at Fort Stanwix National Monument on Saturday, August 7 at 8:15 pm. The 1999 film version of the Chinese legend tells of a young woman who takes her father’s place in the army and rises to prominence with her skills...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Asylum and other legal migration pathways should be readily available to those who need them, and this Administration is committed to fairly and efficiently considering asylum claims. Those not seeking protection or who do not qualify will be promptly returned to their country of origin.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Lake Powell boaters are reminded that the Wahweap Main Launch Ramp in South Lake Powell is expected to become unusable for all motorized watercraft once lake water levels reach an elevation of 3551 feet. Calculations based on current rates of water loss estimate that the lake may reach this elevation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Beckley was sentenced today for possessing a weapon at the correctional facility. Elijio Perez, 30, of Texas, was sentenced to 12 months in prison to run consecutively to the sentence he currently is serving.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: A large fire is active in the Chilliwack area in North Cascades National Park. The Bear Creek Fire was detected Friday morning and is about 100 acres and growing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Two Mississippi men and a Louisiana man pled guilty today to their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Brad Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly embezzled more than $260,000 from BPD in automotive supplies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Defendant Apprehended in National Investigation. WASHINGTON - Brian Kampel, 44, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for accessing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, and Raymond Villanueva, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - An Avon woman was sentenced to 3 years in prison for bank and mail fraud. She will also serve 2 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay over $315,000 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released handwritten notes taken by then-Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard P. Donoghue of a Dec. 27, 2020, phone call with former President Donald J. Trump and former Acting Attorney General...
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
Release: On July 22, the United States imposed sanctions on the leader of Cuba’s military and on the Cuban Ministry of the Interior’s Special National Brigade in response to Cuban security forces’ violent suppression of peaceful protesters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - United States District Judge Ann D. Montgomery has issued an order closing the receivership of Thomas J. Petters and discharging the Receiver in one of the nation’s largest and most complex Ponzi schemes. Through the efforts of the Receiver, the United States, and related bankruptcy trustees more than $722 million was distributed to victims and creditors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Anne Milgram and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss today announced the extradition two Pakistani citizens, who will face charges for attempting to import large quantities of heroin into the United States. Maulabaksh Gorgeech and Niamatullah...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led her Republicans colleagues on the committee in a letter to Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, and Jaime Pinkham, the Acting Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Defrauded more than 2500 customers of $25 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Laquesha Hardimon, 29, of Dellwood, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date and pleaded guilty to providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer (Kevin’s Guns).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $1,290,940 for the State of Florida to help the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) defray the cost of its emergency response to Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Mexican national residing in Tyler has been sentenced to federal prison for violations related to unlawfully reentering the United States after having been deported to Mexico three times and being found unlawfully present in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
News Release: Tech leaders have expressed support for the bipartisan Deepfake Task Force Act introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The legislation will create a task force at the Department of...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Frank Rose by unanimous consent to serve as Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
