News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Disaster unemployment benefits and free legal assistance are two programs offered by FEMA and partners to assist disaster survivors with losses from storms in Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties from March 25 through April 3, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: ALPINE, Texas - A federal judge sentenced a 37-year-old Mexican national on Tuesday to 60 months in federal prison for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine and a firearm into Mexico earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: A drunk driver who killed a woman in a 2019 collision was sentenced today in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today spoke on the House floor opposing H.R. 2662, the Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act, expressing concern it could lead to the politicization of offices of inspectors general.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Due to drying vegetation, increasing daytime temperatures and several human-caused fires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District Office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Western Nevada Agency, Bureau of Reclamation California - Great Basin, Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF), Public...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - With the increased fire danger and above normal significant wildland fire potential throughout the region, Crater Lake National Park is implementing fire restrictions effective at 12:01AM on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A recent operation resulted in the rescue of 31 victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. Of the total, 14 were missing children with the youngest child being four years old and 17 were adults.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EDDY ANTONIO TORRES MOREL, 50, of Meriden, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced John Michael Breen (33, Lehigh Acres) to 29 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a child and taking photos of this abuse. Breen was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: For more information contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Matthew J. Sutton (619) 546-8941, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419, and Assistant U. S. Attorney Amy B. Wang (619) 546-6968. Click for the indictment. Click for the search warrant. SAN DIEGO - An indictment was unsealed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 28 years’ incarceration, consecutive to any state court sentence, and lifetime supervised release on his conviction of Production of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Skilled nursing facility operator Plum Healthcare Group LLC and its entity Azalea Holdings LLC, dba McKinley Park Care Center have agreed to pay more than $451,439 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: Ambassador Atul Keshap, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, will be departing for New Delhi to serve as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, following the retirement of Ambassador Daniel Smith. Ambassador Keshap will bring a wealth of experience to the role, having served previously at U.S. Embassy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Helena man accused of trafficking methamphetamine and of possessing a stolen gun admitted charges on Monday, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently finished the final phase of jobsite roadway and parking lot paving work for Hanford’ s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) facilities. The DFLAW Program is a system of interdependent projects and infrastructure improvements...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $1,418,366 for the State of Florida to help the City of Jacksonville defray the costs associated with Hurricane Irma in 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, resident was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught him with a handgun at the security checkpoint at Trenton-Mercer Airport on Monday, June 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts was arrested today on charges of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act and false statements.
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 Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bills.
