News from June 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today joined Representatives Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) in calling on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to expeditiously schedule a hearing on hundreds of billions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - John Seibel, 25, Robert Pettit, 51, and Barbara Dockery, 64, all of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court today for their parts in a drug trafficking organization run by Seibel (the Seibel DTO). Detention hearings for each defendant are scheduled for June 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Defendant possessed multiple firearms that were later trafficked to gang members and prohibited persons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for his role in a kickback tax evasion scheme related to his role as plan administrator of two union-related employee benefit plans, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Waterville man was sentenced today in federal court for three drug-related offenses, including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the president’s budget request for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2022.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 256, bipartisan legislation repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against Iraq Resolution of 2002...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Houston, Texas-based CITGO Petroleum Corporation has agreed to pay $19.69 million to resolve federal and state claims for natural resource damages under the Oil Pollution Act and the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Company Managers Allegedly Took Bribes and Kickbacks Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Exchange for Steering of Lucrative Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police officer has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with an ongoing investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) evidence warehouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - John Seibel, 25, Robert Pettit, 51, and Barbara Dockery, 64, all of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court June 17 for their roles in a drug trafficking organization run by Seibel, i.e, the Seibel DTO. Detention hearings for each defendant are scheduled for June 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Tashawn T.A. Warner, 24, resident of St. Thomas, V.I., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge John A. Ross sentenced Lakisha Smith to 32 months in prison and ordered her to pay $10, 416 in restitution to the to the Internal Revenue Service today. The 39-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in March, to two counts of tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland found a local man guilty today for shooting and robbing two marijuana sellers in August 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released Vintage 2020 evaluation estimates of population for the nation, states and counties by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and for Puerto Rico Commonwealth and municipios by age and sex. These estimates are available as a limited number of downloadable datasets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Todd County, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Assault With a Dangerous Weapon Against a Minor, Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Commission of a Sex Offense Against a Minor While Required to Register as a Sex Offender, Commission of a Crime of Violence While Failing to Register as a Sex Offender, and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: LANDER. Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office will delay the opening of the Shoshone Lake Road this month to complete needed road maintenance. The work is scheduled to be complete by the end of June.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Javon Mayo Accused of Striking a Letter Carrier.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., today introduced legislation to remove a Social Security work disincentive for Americans with disabilities. The Work Without Worry Act would allow Americans with disabilities to work to their full potential without causing them to lose out on higher Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
