News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Prostituted Girls as Young as 15-Years-Old.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Sidhartha Kumar Mathur, age 35, of West Friendship, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to making false statements to federal agents, relating to the death threats he sent to a Member of Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Sergio Antonio Hood (36, Tampa) guilty of possession of ammunition as a convicted felon, obstruction of justice, and attempted witness tampering. Hood faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for the ammunition and obstruction offenses, and up to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to the Port Authority of Guam, Santa Rita, Guam, to make disaster-resilient infrastructure improvements needed to ensure continuity of operations. The EDA grant, to be matched with $603,272 in local investment, is expected to create or retain nearly 50 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Billy Drain, 38, has pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the guilty plea today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $690,795 grant to the city of Menomonie, Wisconsin, to make infrastructure upgrades at the University of Wisconsin’s Stout Technology and Business Park and spur additional economic growth and investment. This EDA grant, to be matched with $690,795 in local investment, is expected to create nearly 470 jobs and generate $2.8 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Democrats released a one-pager and FAQs on the two new online portals that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will launch this month related to the advance monthly payments of the 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC). The American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
Release: Orlando - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a two-day recruiting event Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12. The event is designed to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Orlando International Airport (MCO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Avis Budget Group Inc. (Avis Budget), which includes its wholly-owned brands Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental, and Payless Car Rental, will pay $10.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overcharging the United States in connection with rental vehicles, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI), member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, led a letter to U.S. Customs...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) criticized the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for burdening health care facilities with a permanent pandemic regulation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Defendant previously deported on four occasions.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the ongoing suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government and subsequent threats to arrest and prosecute Nigerians who use Twitter. The United States is likewise concerned that the Nigerian National Broadcasting Commission ordered all television and radio broadcasters to cease using Twitter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: PRINGFIELD, Ill. - Within the past six weeks, nine men have been arrested and charged in federal court with illegal possession of guns in Springfield, Ill., as part of an ongoing cooperative effort to reduce violent crime. As the Department of Justice renews its commitment to the tenets of Project Safe ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Vikas Singla has been arraigned on charges arising out of a cyberattack conducted on Gwinnett Medical Center in 2018. Singla was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 8, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10, 2021 - This week, the Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General (IG) released a report following their review of U.S. Park Police (USPP) actions at Lafayette Park in June 2020. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of Nevada in combating the Jacks Valley Fire, which is burning in Douglas County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan County man pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed Robin Carnahan, nominee to be Administrator, General Services Administration; Jen Easterly, nominee to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
