News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rashad Khalill Faunteroy, of Charles Town, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This evening on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urged the Biden administration to take action on the ongoing migrant crisis at the southern border. In addition to the unprecedented number...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington businessman was sentenced today to 21 months in prison with three years of supervised release for making false statements to multiple federal agencies in order to fraudulently obtain multimillion-dollar government contracts, COVID-19 emergency relief loans, and undeserved military service benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: To help foster wider access to voting, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting information from the public about barriers that limit the ability of people with disabilities to vote privately and independently.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Deontre Christian Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Plea marks the 45th defendant to plead guilty in the case.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $2,370,881 to reimburse the state’s Department of Transportation for the repair of roads in Duplin County damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Moorhead man, Phillip Jones, Jr., 33, was arrested and charged with firearms violations after a juvenile was killed by a bullet fired from a gun that Jones allegedly possessed, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Rain Forest Produce Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 33 produce sellers in the amount of $1,576,260 from October 2018 through February 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced six nominations for the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) with bipartisan votes. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the HELP Committee, reiterated her strong support for the nominees, highlighting their experience and their commitment to fighting for students, workers, and patients across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Clint Gaines, Jr., of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 96 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.1 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. Phase 3.1 includes substantial revisions to the questionnaire. Additional questions address the following new topics: disability, child health access, telehealth and child care. Also included are...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a Committee hearing examining the policies and priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services...
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 Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Rangers and Mountain Rescue volunteers today recovered the body of an individual who fell through a snow bridge at Paradise yesterday. The individual, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of family, was found at the bottom of a steep drainage under 8-10 feet of snow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted to conspiracy to commit bank fraud by soliciting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees to steal check books and credit cards from the mail, depositing fraudulent checks, including pandemic relief checks, and using stolen credit cards without authorization, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Corpus Christi federal jury has convicted a 41-year-old man for attempted robbery and discharging a firearm in the commission of the crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man who admitted to seriously injuring an infant on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 40 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Beaverton, Oregon man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to use construction subcontracting companies to evade $100 million in payroll and income taxes on wages paid to unlicensed construction workers.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - The number of passengers flying through Bradley International Airport (BDL) this summer travel season may not reach 2019 summer travel levels, but Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials expect passenger volume to continue to rise throughout the summer at the airport.
