News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Mario Quintero Beltran, 31, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Forty years ago, USS Cassin Young (DD-793) opened as a floating museum. Sunday, June 27, 2021, at 10:00 am the National Park Service and the U.S. Navy will host a short ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate this anniversary. The event will take place on Pier 1, in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Bring your “Passport To Your National Parks" and collect a new commemorative cancellation stamp designed for this special occasion.
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lisa Peterson will travel to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), June 14-18, to represent the United States in the first ever U.S.-DRC bilateral human rights dialogue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement announcing that the Committee will open a formal investigation into the Department of Justice's surveillance of Members of Congress, journalists, and others...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding a prompt investigation and prosecution of the latest IRS leak of confidential taxpayer information.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The South Cove launch ramp is closed until further notice after a front-end loader slipped into Lake Mead while performing maintenance to reposition pipe mat on June 14.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: On Sunday, June 27, 2021, from 10 am to 3 pm, Point Reyes National Seashore will be celebrating the 51st anniversary of its Morgan Horse Ranch. The event will include riding demonstrations led by park volunteers, activities for kids, horseshoeing demonstrations, and much more. This event is free and open to the public.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision and order against Triple J Family Farms LLC and John Derner (Triple J) of Buffalo Lake, Minn., on April 30, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: A Muscogee Citizen faces assault charges in U.S. District Court for repeatedly rear-ending a woman’s car with his automobile during a 2018 domestic violence incident, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: EM will host its next Business Opportunities Forum virtually on the Zoom video conferencing platform on June 24 from 3 to 4:15 p.m. Eastern time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lamont Thomas, 42, of Detroit, Michigan was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine and a quantity of heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $976,710 to help acquire, demolish and remove five residential structures in Harnett and Pender counties that were flooded after Tropical Storm Michael in 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The National Park Service is encouraging people to be heroes this Father’s Day by keeping themselves, their friends, and their family safe at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. You can do this by ensuring that everyone wears a life jacket in the water, by leaving the pool toys and floats home, and by not mixing swimming with alcohol.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is conducting a missing person search at Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Beginning June 16 at 12:01 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will implement fire restrictions to prevent losses from human-caused wildfires brought on by extreme drought, high fire danger conditions, and the increased use of public lands in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne and Piute counties. On June 18 at 12:01 a.m., all remaining BLM Utah managed lands will enter restrictions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) and at airports statewide. There are currently full- and part-time positions available and the starting salary ranges from $18.99 per hour in Anchorage to a high of $30.35 in other locations in Alaska. TSA is looking to fill 80 positions at ANC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A 28-year-old man from Jupiter, Florida has pled guilty in federal district court in Ft. Pierce to producing and distributing pornography involving children as young as 12-years-old.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Odies Scott, 57, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha as a felon in possession of a firearm. Senior United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Scott to 120 months’ imprisonment. Scott will serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel Chase, 60, of Weathersfield, VT, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges that he made false statements to the Social Security Administration. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle released Chase on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
