News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: In an op-ed for Roll Call, Senator Portman, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Representative John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, called on the Biden administration to address the ongoing surge in illicit narcotics, like fentanyl, coming across the southern border and into the United States resulting in an increase of overdose deaths.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mundo Barela, 19, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced in federal court on June 8 to nine years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on June 11, 2021, Zachary C. Wood (age: 45) of Merrimac, Wisconsin, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison by Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON - If you suffered damage or losses from the Feb. 27 - March 4, 2021 flooding, you have less than six weeks left to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for federal disaster assistance. The deadline to register is Monday, July 19, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: On the occasion of World Ocean Week, the United States is pleased to announce it will partner with Palau on the next Our Ocean Conference, planned for early 2022 in Koror, Palau.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today at 2pm, the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management & Accountability, chaired by Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA), will hold a virtual hearing to examine how corruption and fragile democratic institutions in Central America have contributed to migration from the region to the U.S. border, as well as what can be done to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in the region.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - National Park Service officials were informed by the Medical Examiner’s Office they have completed their identification process. They have confirmed that the body recovered in Mystery Canyon on Sunday was that of Cassy Brown, a 26-year-old woman from Springdale, UT.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Little Rock man was sentenced for collecting over $250,000 in Social Security Disability payments when he was not actually disabled. Levell Baltimore, Jr., 45, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - A convicted felon from the Metro East is headed to prison for possessing a.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife are announcing a public teleconference negotiation session regarding San Joaquin River flows to benefit fish from the San Joaquin Fish Hatchery. This negotiation session is for a 25-year contract renewal for the same amount of water (55 cubic feet per second); no additional water is under consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - David “Flaco" Chavez, 43, and Ednamay De La Rosa, 38, both of Albuquerque, have been charged with being felons in possession of firearms and ammunition. At a hearing on June 7, Chavez was ordered detained pending trial. De La Rosa made an initial appearance in court on June 10 and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for June 14.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that two related, integrative chiropractic practices and their chiropractor owners have agreed to make payments totaling $805,978 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for the alleged improper billing of P-Stim electro-acupuncture devices, in these cases branded ‘ANSiStim.’.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Brady: We Will See a Financial Crisis If We Keep Biden’s Emergency Spending.

By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: KVK-TECH, Inc., Murty Vepuri and Ashvin Panchal Allegedly Distributed Unapproved Drugs and Lied to Drug Regulators.

By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), President Pro Tempore of the Senate, yesterday led Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Majority Whip, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), ranking member of the subcommittee ...

By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 21 of their Republican colleagues in introducing the Iran Nuclear Treaty Act. This bill will give the American ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A South Florida grand jury has charged five additional defendants for their alleged roles in a sophisticated scheme to purchase and distribute millions of dollars in diverted pharmaceutical drugs. A total of 14 defendants have now been charged in this case (19-cr-20674).