News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: KING OF PRUSSIA, PA - Valley Forge National Historical Park has begun a phased reopening of its recently renovated Visitor Center building. This is the building’s first comprehensive overhaul since it opened in 1976.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: APPLETON, WI - Transportation Security Administration security checkpoints will look much different to passengers who have not flown since the start of the pandemic, and individuals flying out of Appleton International Airport (ATW) this summer should be prepared for those changes.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: DENVER - Early Wednesday morning, FEMA authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Robertson Draw Fire burning in Carbon County, Montana near Red Lodge and Belfry.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Kellyville, Okla., July 16-17, at the Creek County Fairgrounds. The two-day event, featuring 120 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 16. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, July 16, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 17. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Karen Lamb, 61, of Trotwood, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six months in prison followed by six months in home detention for stealing Social Security benefits and COVID-19 stimulus money in the name of her deceased brother. Lamb was also ordered to repay the money she stole.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jose Torrez, 48, of Albuquerque, was sentenced on June 10 in federal court to 17 consecutive years in prison on two separate cases. Upon his release from prison, he will be subject to a combined term of five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Defendant previously convicted of lying to federal agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier was arraigned today on charges of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, receiving bribes as a public official, and conspiring to defraud the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ZORAIDA LARA, a/k/a ZORAIDA TRINIDAD, age 50, a resident of Alta Loma, California, pleaded guilty on June 10, 2021 to a two-count Superseding Bill of Information, charging her with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled, “Starships and Stripes Forever - An Examination of the FAA’s Role in the Future of Spaceflight." Videos of DeFazio and Larsen’s opening statements are here and here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Woman Sentenced to 198 Months in Prison for Teaching and Distributing Information About Weapons of Mass Destruction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - June 16, 2021, Clinton P. Wilborn, 47, was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Ronnie Tiznado, 47, of Dulce, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, was sentenced on June 14 in federal court to two years in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. Tiznado pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Marisa Page, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to three years of probation for her role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for arson at a St. Paul car rental agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison followed by 12 years of supervised release after he admitted to receiving child pornography as part of scheme to coerce and entice minors to engage in sexually explicit activity, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget with U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to Brussels June 17-18 to follow up with our Allies and partners on the NATO and U.S.-EU summits and the President’s meeting with Russian President Putin.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) announced the winners of the Geothermal Collegiate Competition, a national contest that engages students to develop innovative geothermic energy applications to heat and cool buildings, campuses, districts, and communities.
