News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Gautam Arora, 43, formerly of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of unlawfully acquiring controlled prescriptions by misrepresentation and fraud, and scheming to defraud a health care benefit program, was sentenced to serve 14 months in prison by U.S. District Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine-A Lincoln man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: This is the second such federal conviction in two weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: Following Conviction for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Berlin, Paris, Rome, the Vatican, Bari, and Matera, June 22-29.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Philip T. Reeker, will travel to Milan June 20-22, Tirana June 30, and Ohrid July 1-3.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Licata, 52, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to serve 151 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking returned from Saudi Arabia on June 18. During the trip Special Envoy Lenderking met with officials from the Governments of the Republic of Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as well as UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and the five permanent members of the UN Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: DALLAS - A Costa Rican man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by the DEA Dallas Field Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La.- Disaster assistance services will be available for survivors of the May severe storms, tornadoes and flooding at an in-person Recovery Service Center (RSC) in Lake Charles. FEMA, the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the City of Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish have teamed up to offer multiple services in one location.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement regarding President Joe Biden's intent to nominate Xochitl Torres Small to serve as Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: This summer, join a park ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park every Sunday from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm for a hike to the historic Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm. Enjoy a beautiful wooded trail while you learn about early settlers and farmers who came to this region in the 1800s. Meet at the Bailly/Chellberg Farm parking lot. Afterwards, bring the kids to the Chellberg Farm at 4:00 pm to help a ranger feed the animals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents, with the assistance of Rhode Island State Police and Pawtucket Police, continue to investigate the alleged kidnapping of a postal carrier on June 1, 2021, a federal grand jury in Providence today returned a two-count indictment in a related...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- The Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office has agreed to the termination of a federal monitorship agreement with the Utah Transit Authority based upon UTA’s substantial compliance with the monitorship requirements and a federal non-prosecution agreement entered into by the parties in 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2021
News Release: Contact: Curlinda Blacksheep. Devils Tower, WY - A National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 424 thousand visitors to Devils Tower National Monument in 2020 spent $27.9 million in communities near the park. These expenditures supported a total of 385 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Clanton, Ala. - Homeowners and renters in Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph and Shelby counties with uninsured damage or losses from the March 25-26, 2021 severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes, still have one week left to apply to FEMA for federal disaster assistance and to the U.S. Small Business Administration for low interest disaster loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for selling a firearm while on state probation for previous felony convictions, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on California v. Texas, which challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
