News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: A man who stole a semiautomatic firearm with a 16-round magazine from Fleet Farm in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and ran from the store was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: The United States congratulates the people and government of Mongolia for their successful presidential election on June 9, the eighth such election since Mongolia’s peaceful democratic revolution in 1990. We commend Mongolia for its commitment to democracy, and we are proud to be Mongolia’s “third neighbor"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Six defendants entered guilty pleas in federal court in a drug and firearms case involving a cache of illegally possessed weapons, including a fully automatic rifle and sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Shot victim in scheme to rob him of an ounce of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: SENTENCING - HENRY AGUSTIN MORENO. On June 7, Henry Agustin Moreno, 21, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for transporting or shipping child pornography. HSI received a tip from Kik that a user in the Dallas area was utilizing the messenger application to distribute child pornography. Agents...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: On June 21, many Ethiopians will be able to cast ballots in elections, an important exercise of their civil and political rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Derrick Murphy, 38, of Toledo, Ohio, with sex trafficking and transportation of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - The National Park Service will host the annual Cedar Breaks BioBlast on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 & 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wildlife programs will be available on the half hour throughout the day and will cover different species living in the park. In addition to special programming there will be additional activities for visitors of all ages to learn about animals at Cedar Breaks.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: On June 21, many Ethiopians will be able to cast ballots in elections, an important exercise of their civil and political rights.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Washington - More than $1 billion in payments will be released over the next several weeks starting June 15 for agricultural producers with approved applications for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program and for producers who have already received payments through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). These U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs provide disaster assistance to producers who suffered losses to 2018 and 2019 natural disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft of Government Property was sentenced on June 7, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Dear Commissioner Rettig: We write to express serious concern about what appears to be an egregious and illegal breach of taxpayer privacy stemming from the apparent leak of confidential taxpayer information to the media outlet ProPublica. Confidential taxpayer information was allegedly published on...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to swiftly investigate the massive leak of sensitive tax information from the IRS and bring those responsible to justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 7, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 4, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - This morning a federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Jirard Quin Kincherlow, 39, of Tallahassee, on the sole count of coercing or enticing a minor to engage in prostitution. The conviction, which followed a three-day trial that began on Wednesday, was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Beginning Monday June 14, 2021 Joshua Tree National Park managers will close the 49 Palms Trail to allow bighorn sheep undisturbed access to surface water. The park is under extreme drought conditions and herds in the area are increasingly reliant on the oasis spring to survive the hot summer months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged a Dayton man with distributing fentanyl and cocaine that resulted in five overdoses in the late hours of New Year’s Eve and into the early hours of New Year’s Day 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on June 7, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
