News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Hardin man who admitted to raping a woman on the Crow Indian Reservation after meeting her in a Hardin casino was sentenced today to seven years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, STEPHON JAMAR DUNCAN, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged in federal court with one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, ND - Spurred by its significant population growth in the past decade, North Dakota experienced the nation's largest increase in housing units - nearly 20 percent - over the same period. As the demand for new homes brings more jobs and construction projects to the state, employers must be vigilant in protecting workers from hazards on construction work sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Sheri K. Green, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Shakeam Kinney, 32, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on June 10 to 22 years and five months in prison for interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence, possessing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime and being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition. Kinney pleaded guilty on Feb. 7, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont will recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Around the world, organizations mark this day by voicing concern about the exploitation of vulnerable seniors and rallying individuals to identify and report suspected abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Developing a diverse workforce is vital to achieving Oak Ridge ’s ambitious cleanup goals in the years ahead.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two men assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, were charged in federal court Tuesday of attempting to smuggle two Mexican noncitizens to San Antonio, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Harold Alexis Ortiz Cosme, 26, of Puerto Rico, and Luis G. Candelario, 26, of Buffalo, were each sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Andre Cornell Diggs, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ST. THOMAS - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a Dominican Republican national was arrested Friday, June 11, 2021, on St. Thomas on criminal charges related to allegedly illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Natchez man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RONALD OLSON, a former vice president and deputy operation manager at Turner Construction Company (“Turner"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 46 months in prison for evading taxes on more...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a to a violation of federal firearms laws brought 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.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s resolution of the long-standing Boeing-Airbus trade dispute...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3.8 million people to Yellowstone National Park in 2020 spent over $444 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 6,110 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $560 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A multi-agency effort, led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), has resulted in the recovery of 24 missing and/or runaway children throughout El Paso County and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: EMINENCE, Mo. - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a series of one-day workshops about the basics of fly fishing on June 24, July 22, and August 19 at the Akers Visitor Center. These free workshops are limited to 10 participants for each date and reservations are required.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office has published a Notice of Realty Action (NORA) in the Federal Register for conveyance of sub-surface mineral interests to US Magnesium LLC. The mineral interests are located adjacent to the Great Salt Lake, 40 miles west...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zjaondezel Solomyn Douglas, of Zelionople, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 33 months of incarceration for his role in a cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, Acting U.S Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
