News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan County man pleaded guilty today to two federal gun crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for July 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the below statement in support of democratic elections in Libya:
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, I extend my best wishes and congratulations to the people and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the 61st anniversary of your independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Daniel J. Borg Admits to Possessing Heroin/Fentanyl and Sawed-Off Shotgun.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Even with lower than usual water levels, Bighorn Canyon is ready for the 4th of July weekend. The lake level as of June 29, 2021, is 3627.93. There is minimal driftwood on the lake this year. Boaters are reminded to use caution as even small amounts of driftwood can cause major problems.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Mount Pleasant man was sentenced on June 28, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 132 months in prison for Receiving and Distributing Child Pornography. Alanis was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term, pay $100.00 to the Crime Victims’ Fund and $6,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Four Houston-area gang members are in custody following the return of a federal indictment on allegations of human trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announces the arrest of Luis Gonzales, 29, and Andy Escarfuller, 22, in Auburn, Maine. Gonzales was arrested on warrants issued by the State of Massachusetts for assault & battery with a deadly weapon, negligent operation, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and other various state charges. Escarfuller was arrested on a warrant issued by the State of Massachusetts for rape of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - On June 28, Anne Milgram was sworn in as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration by U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland following confirmation by the U.S. Senate June 24.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced today her determination that fishery disasters occurred in four fisheries in 2018, 2019, and 2020 - for two states, Alaska and New York, and for two Tribes, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis, in Washington.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations, sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seeking answers and a briefing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A former federal corrections officer from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for bribery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and James Boyersmith, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WACO - Today, 42-year-old Kevin Romulus Pelayo and 37-year-old Cristine Furio Fredericks admitted to conducting a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud the U.S. Army with respect to a mass transportation benefit program at Fort Hood.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee voted favorably to approve her bills, the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act and the Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) Act, along with several other important reforms, many with bipartisan support...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRADLEY EDWARD CORLEY, age 46, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, was sentenced to 130 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey after previously pleading guilty to Count Two of a two-count Indictment charging him with possession...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: The goats have returned to Johnstown Flood National Memorial as the park continues the Lakebed Rehabilitation Project. Allegheny Goatscape, based out of Pittsburgh, PA, supplied a herd of goats to assist in clearing vegetation in the lakebed as the project moves forward. The mission of Allegheny Goatscape is to “reduce invasive and unwanted vegetation in public spaces and vacant lots, utilizing goats for browsing.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty today to the unlawful sale of endangered species, including elephant and whale ivory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years (60 months) in prison followed by four years of supervised release for violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2022 Defense funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation funds agencies and programs in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community, including the Services, Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency.
