News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants charged as a result of a long-term investigation known as “Second Wave" were sentenced this week to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Larry Terrence Martin, 31, of St. Albans and Carol Lynn Belton, 62, of Montgomery were sentenced to 151 months and 15 months in prison, respectively.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today said the new Department of the Interior inspector general report on the violent crackdown against peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, lacks clear explanations...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
Release: Today, USDA has taken action to withdraw its previously proposed rule, Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (84 FR 35570).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former executive at a Hollywood-based digital marketing company that represents influencers on Instagram and YouTube was sentenced today to 79 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $22 million from his employer and then using the stolen money for personal expenses and cryptocurrency gambling.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means will hear testimony from Secretary Becerra on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) FY 2022 budget request. Prior to the hearing, Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) wrote a letter to Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) outlining his concerns with the Administration’s plan for the department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERICK E. GOMEZ, JR., 28, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three Charleston men pleaded guilty this week to federal drug charges. Dante Williams, 24, Darius Coles, 23, and Joshua Lawson, 31, were indicted in February 2021 in connection with a long-term investigation dubbed the “Woo Boyz."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Vicksburg man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that JOHN T. PERUGINI, 79, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for possessing child sex abuses images.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a Mustang.380 pistol and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire roofing contractor pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with failing to report income from his roofing and siding business to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: A man who sexually exploited two girls and committed child pornography offenses was convicted by a jury today after a two-and-a-half-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 235 small businesses, across 42 states, will receive $54 million in critical seed funding for 266 projects that are developing and deploying proof-of-concept prototypes for a wide range of technological solutions needed to achieve...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to defraud his former employer, a Massachusetts-based uniform supply company, by falsifying invoices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Third and Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three Charleston men pleaded guilty this week to federal drug charges. Dante Williams, 24, Darius Coles, 23, and Joshua Lawson, 31, were indicted in February 2021 in connection with a long-term investigation dubbed the “Woo Boyz.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci to explain the discrepancy in his sworn congressional testimony about taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at an executive session to vote on nominees to the U.S. Department of Treasury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: A Wichita Falls man who plotted to blow up a data center in Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
