News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Farraad Johnson, 46, of St. Louis, to a 36-month term of imprisonment on Wednesday. Johnson pleaded guilty in March to maintaining a drug-involved premises.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EDD SCAFIDEL, JR., age 62, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment and payment of a mandatory $100 special assessment fee by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty as...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today spoke before the Committee's Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee in a hearing on environmental justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that THIERNO O. BAH, age 30, a resident of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2021 to passport fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance. BAH is the second and final defendant to plead guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former Richmond attorney pleaded guilty today to obstructing an official proceeding in connection with his attempts to thwart a 2019 investigation into his own fraudulent conduct as a bankruptcy trustee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Newark men made their initial appearances today on gang-related narcotics distribution and firearms charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a new letter Wednesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Houston area couple was charged in federal court Thursday on allegations they attempted to smuggle 89 noncitizens inside a tractor trailer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: Defendant distributed more than 100 grams of heroin over a five-month period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Eugene Thurman, 46, of Monroe, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a business meeting to vote on the nomination of Jennifer L. Moffitt to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Robbery was sentenced on July 19, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2021
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.
By Art Benavidez | Jul 22, 2021
Protect the Public’s Trust, a federal watchdog organization, has replied to recent inquiries from members of the Committee on Natural Resources, along with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Department of the Interior's ability to provide answers to the motive behind land policy deals conducted by Nada Culver, the deputy director of policy and programs for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By Alexus Barnhart | Jul 21, 2021
A family's vacation took an exciting turn after they decided to visit Wind Cave National Park on their first trip out west. Someone in the family of six was the park's seven-millionth visitor.
By Karla Florez | Jul 21, 2021
Bandelier National Monument will soon host summer programs, offering a variety of cultural-demonstration activities to display the craftsmanship of Pueblo locals and bring the community together.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - Northwest Colorado has seen exceptionally dry conditions due to the prolonged drought, and land managers in Moffat, Routt, Rio Blanco, Jackson, Eagle, Summit, and Grand counties are in either a stage I or stage II fire restriction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: DALLAS - An Ohio man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas.
