News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Alvaro Soto-Martinez, 35, of Haverhill, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - An indictment unsealed today in federal court charges five defendants with conspiring to launder illicit drug proceeds in Chicago for more than a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Postal Carriers Allegedly Intercepted Drug Packages and Delivered to Dealer for Distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark today joined the entire Department of Justice in observing the 16th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Justice Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The former office manager for an Augusta medical practice has been sentenced after admitting she stole more than half a million dollars from the business.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “Impacts of Shipping Container Shortages, Delays, and Increased Demand on the North American Supply Chain":
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - While it’s often the Hanford Site’s six advanced pump-and-treat facilities that get the glory - they’re on track to treat more than 2 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater for the seventh straight year - a field sampling group quietly plays a critical role in the success of the sitewide risk-reduction effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Jacksonville man yesterday on charges of distributing crack cocaine, possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: DEVILS TOWER, WY - Wildlife researchers have confirmed the presence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats at Devils Tower National Monument. While this is the first confirmation of WNS in the state, the fungus that causes WNS, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), was potentially detected in southeast Wyoming as early as 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County woman was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Michael Rogers - a 23-year-old male from Elizabeth, New Jersey.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking will travel to Saudi Arabia on June 15-17 where he will meet with senior officials from the Governments of the Republic of Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as well as UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths. Throughout the trip, Special Envoy Lenderking will discuss the latest efforts to achieve a comprehensive, nationwide ceasefire, which is the only way to bring Yemenis the relief they so urgently need.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffery Allen McCurdy, of Cabins, West Virginia, was indicted today on a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with USA Beef Packing LLC (USA Beef) of Roswell, N.M., on April 29, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, USA Beef waived its rights to a hearing and was fined a civil penalty of $1,250.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Lewiston man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants and to distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and DOE’s Office of Electricity (OE), announced a request for information (RFI) seeking feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating electric vehicles (EVs) with the grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Today, U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This day provides an opportunity for the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama to raise awareness of the abuse, fraud, neglect, and schemes committed against the elderly.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - On Monday, June 14 at approximately 10 a.m., Grand Canyon National Park was alerted to a personal locator beacon activation from a non-commercial river trip near Hance Rapid on the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center then received a report that CPR was in progress.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced the Committee’s expected schedule for marking up fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. Subcommittee and full Committee markups for the 12 annual appropriations bills are scheduled to begin on Thursday, June 24 and conclude on Friday, July 16.
