News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: All Three Defendants Are Alleged To Have Been Involved In the Illegal Transfer or Use of Insider Information for the Purpose of Trading Infinera Securities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Keith Alan Seguin, a 55-year-old former civilian employee at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, admitted this morning to receiving millions of dollars in bribes in connection with a government contract fraud scheme that spanned more than a decade and impacted hundreds of millions of dollars in contract awards.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: The truth is we face many shared challenges: The pandemic and the resulting economic uncertainty. Climate change, cyber threats, and the resulting security concerns. And, of course, the outright assault on democracy that is occurring around the globe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that 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 DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $12 million in federal funding for six research and development (R&D) projects that are advancing direct air capture (DAC) technology, a carbon dioxide removal approach that extracts carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the atmosphere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal at least 35 vehicles to dismantle and sell their parts, causing more than $300,000 in loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage woman pleaded guilty today to embezzling nearly $175,000 from the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission (ANHSC), which was primarily funded through federal grants issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Jerald Hale, doing business as H&H Calf Company (Hale) of Filer, Idaho, on April 12, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Hale waived its rights to a hearing and was fined a civil penalty of $1,300.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s second House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing about the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by chastising Democrats for holding a partisan show hearing that is unlikely to uncover any new information. He blasted Democrats for failing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men will now serve substantial prison sentences for possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD - Pedro Avalos, age 33, of Sun Valley, California, pleaded guilty today to attempted possession with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of a substance containing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Adrian C. Gardiner, 42, Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 30 years of supervised release. Gardiner pleaded guilty to this charge on March 25, 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the owner-operator of four Rhode Island medical facilities for failing to protect workers from exposure to the coronavirus and implement proper safety measures after six employees tested positive for the virus in the fall of 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service will once again host the annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the National Mall, the nation’s most important civic space and home to more than a dozen memorials that commemorate great Americans and significant events in our nation’s history. The 17-minute display will be held on Sunday, July 4, starting at 9:09 p.m. and will be launched from both sides of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Western District of North Carolina Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer and Montana Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson announced today that Wilburn Jonathan Wilson, 26, of Hickory, N.C. was sentenced to 132 months in prison and five years of supervised release on federal drug and gun charges. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell presided over the hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 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 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Impacts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: For Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chair Antonio Delgado delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “Examining Opportunity for Growth and Investment in Rural America"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Erich Deolax Riker, 44, of Portales, New Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court to seven years and three months in prison for failing to update his sex offender registration.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $2.6 million to 27 communities in the Western United States to establish or expand existing watershed management groups through WaterSMART's Cooperative Watershed Management Program. Each group is eligible for up to $50,000 a year for two years with no federal cost-share required.
