News from June 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Voyageurs National Park will be conducting civic engagement and holding two informational meetings in June to discuss possible fee changes associated with the park.

By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the European External Action Service.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the European External Action Service.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will mark up legislation advanced by the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee last week to increase access to safe, affordable water, and protect Americans from PFAS contamination.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Mezemr Abebe Belayneh has been arraigned on criminal charges related to his alleged lies to obtain U.S. citizenship. The defendant allegedly concealed his involvement in the late 1970s Red Terror period in Ethiopia, where he served as a civilian interrogator at a makeshift prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Miami, Florida man pleaded guilty last week to conspiring with a Bristol, Tennessee man to pay and receive kickbacks.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Florida man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging the owner and operators of a medical clinic, a doctor, a patient recruiter, and two clinic employees with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, and other opioid-related charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking crystal methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will mark up legislation advanced by the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee last week to increase access to safe, affordable water, and protect Americans from PFAS contamination.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Philadelphia - Independence National Historical Park, along with Independence Historical Trust are thrilled to announce that the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms painting, and its historic frame will be returning to Independence Hall. Dating back to the early days of our nation, this special item in the park’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office is announcing a 30-day public comment period beginning June 21, 2021, on the environmental assessment (EA) for the Mosaic Potash Carlsbad, Inc.’s proposed tailings management system in Eddy County, N.M.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led all of her Republican colleagues on the committee in a letter to question the basis for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to repeal and replace the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: Served prison time in Arkansas for sexually abusing young relative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Newburyport physician has agreed to resolve allegations that he improperly prescribed opioid controlled substances outside the usual course of his professional practice.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office will host the first ever Muddy Mountain Adventure Days at the Muddy Mountain Environmental Education Area located south of Casper, Wyoming, on Friday and Saturday beginning at 10:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury indicted Truman Gentry, 25, of Augusta, Kansas, on two counts of Production of Child Pornography, one count of Advertising for Production of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child Pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2021
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.