News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News from June 2021


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Dennis Sryniawski, age 48, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was convicted on June 21, 2021 of Cyberstalking after a three-day jury trial. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher accepted the jury’s verdict, ordered a presentence investigation, and set sentencing for Sept. 22, 2021. Sryniawski faces up to five years in prison.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Thomas Cooper, a mail carrier in Pendleton County, was sentenced today to five years of probation, with the first six months home confinement, for attempted election fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


Janet Coit named NOAA Fisheries assistant administrator

News Release: Today, Janet Coit was appointed to lead NOAA Fisheries, which is responsible for managing our nation’s marine fisheries and conserving protected marine species, as the assistant administrator under the Biden-Harris Administration. Coit will also serve as acting assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and deputy NOAA administrator, for which she will support and manage NOAA's coastal and marine programs.


News Release: According to The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Information Security Analyst's Occupational Outlook Handbook, cybersecurity jobs are among the fastest-growing career areas nationally. In fact, the BLS predicts the number of cybersecurity jobs will grow 31% through 2029 - that’s over seven times faster than the national average job growth of 4%.


Pioneers of Alaska Join the National Park Service to Dedicate Kennecott Cemetery Waysides

News Release: Copper Center, AK - On Saturday, June 19, 2021, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve hosted a unique dedication ceremony at the historic Kennecott Cemetery, located in the Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark in Kennecott, AK. Co-hosted by members of the Pioneers of Alaska, and attended...


MEDIA ADVISORY: McCaul, Blumenauer, Kinzinger, Crow Host Bipartisan Press Conference to Call for Action on Afghan SIV Backlog

News Release: Washington, DC - On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at 3:00pm ET House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), and Jason Crow (D-CO), will host a bipartisan press conference with veterans of special operations, Afghan interpreters, and veteran advocacy groups to call on the Biden Administration to expedite support for those Afghans still awaiting their special immigrant visas (SIV).


Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield today to child pornography offenses.


Holding the Lukashenka Regime and Its Enablers to Account

Release: The United States has taken action against dozens of Belarusian individuals and entities in response to last month’s forced diversion of a commercial Ryanair flight between two European Union member states and the politically motivated arrest of journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofiya Sapega. These steps ...


Stock Promoters Charged In “Pump And Dump” Securities Fraud Scheme

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A recently unsealed indictment charges three individuals with securities fraud for running an illegal pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme by hijacking dormant public shell companies. The 15-count indictment charges all three defendants with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud and wire fraud.


Discussing the Underground Railroad in Texas

News Release: Lakewood, CO - The National Park Service’s (NPS) National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, NPS Regions 6, 7, and 8, and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) will host a virtual public open house 6-7:15 p.m., Central Daylight Time, on Thursday, June 24, to conclude a scholars’ roundtable examining the Underground Railroad in Texas and the southern borderlands.


Local Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Armed Carjacking and Brandishing a Firearm in a Crime of Violence

News Release: Memphis, TN - Courtney Freeman, 31, a/k/a Quatney Freeman has been sentenced to 154 months in federal prison for armed carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Martin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.


Led by USDA, U.S. to Join Global School Meals Coalition

Release: Washington - Led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States is joining a global coalition focused on improving the nutrition, health, and education of vulnerable children and adolescents worldwide, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today.


News Release: Mosley has a lengthy criminal history, and was caught with drugs and a loaded handgun one day after being arrested for similar conduct by state authorities.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


Glenburn Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Glenburn woman pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and two counts of being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.


Postal Employee Charged with Stealing More Than $4,000 from Mail

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that an indictment was unsealed today charging Sa’Shanna Estell, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee.