News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Theodore Richardson, of Martinsburg, west Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RODNEY SNAPE, 40, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment for violating conditions of his federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal jury convicted a Springfield, Ill., man, Rafael Mercado Berrios, aka Jose Berrios, 42, of the 1200 block of N. 4th St., on June 4, of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and using the internet and cell phone to attempt to transmit information about...
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you, very much Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, all the members of the committee here today. Very much appreciate this opportunity to talk about the proposed budget and how it will help us achieve our national security priorities and deliver results for the American people, which is our common responsibility and common cause.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with Joseph A. Blount, President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline, to examine a recent hack that forced the company to shut down over 5,500 miles of pipeline...
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: The United States is committed to ensuring the stability and security of the Western Balkans, allowing countries in the region to fulfill their potential as free and prosperous democracies. We are also committed to combatting corruption and demonstrating the advantages of transparent and accountable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Ronald Catalan, Leader of the Brentwood Clique of the MS-13, Committed Three Attempted Murders and Conspired to Distribute Narcotics.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service has updated its COVID-19 Guidance for Multi-day Road-based Tours (June 3) and Action Steps for COVID-19 Reporting for National Park Service Commercial Service providers, Contractors and Partners (June 2). These materials can be found on the Public Health Information for the Park Partner Community website.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing purportedly about holding the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma accountable by criticizing Democrats for using it to promote Democrat donor Patrick Radden Keefe’s book about the family. Given the...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) highlighted provisions of the newly-introduced five-year, $547 billion surface transportation bill that would re-imagine our national transportation policy to help reconnect communities and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey Allen Johnson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to one year of home confinement and a lifetime of supervision for having child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Richard Burr, Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization of 2021, a bipartisan bill to keep children across...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Passaic, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - The Point Supreme Overlook will be closed to all access starting Monday, June 14 as construction staging begins on the new Cedar Breaks Visitor Contact Station. The closure will begin early Monday morning and will be in place through the 2022 season. In addition to the closure of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: After nearly a year and a half of devastation, economic uncertainty, and the loss of more than half a million American lives, we meet today at a moment of renewed optimism as our nation continues to make significant strides in eradicating COVID-19. Thanks to President Biden’s leadership - and the diligence of public health officials, health workers, and everyday Americans - coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have dropped dramatically.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that six Defendants convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments, have been sentenced to federal prison terms by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, agents with the FBI’s Newark Field Office arrested a New Jersey man and self-identified Proud Boy for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A California man pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining over $170,000 in unemployment benefits by submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s names and using benefits debit cards not belonging to him.
