News from June 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Sean Eckrote, age 37, of Granville, New York, pled guilty yesterday to distributing and possessing child pornography.

By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking returned on June 3 from travel to Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UAE, and Jordan. During his trip, Special Envoy Lenderking met with senior government officials, international partners, and Yemenis to discuss the humanitarian and economic crisis in Yemen and the urgent...
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
Release: On June 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of State published a Federal Register notice of seven persons statutorily debarred for having been convicted of violating, or conspiring to violate, the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751, et seq.). This action, pursuant to section 127.7(b) of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120-130), highlights the Department’s responsibility to protect the integrity of U.S. defense trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man was charged by Criminal Complaint today for assaulting a woman with a knife and threatening to kill her, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: A felon who, after an argument, shot wildly on a populated street, was sentenced today to over eight years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: CONCORD, NH - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Tyler Cady, 31, of Concord, was sentenced to 198 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess controlled substances with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Ricco Darnell Taylor, age 32, of Capital Heights, Maryland to 41 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to pass counterfeit currency and making counterfeit currency. Judge Chuang has also ordered Taylor to pay $98,000 in restitution.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Obrascón Huarte Lain North America are collaborating to promote worker safety and health at the South Corridor Rapid Transit project, a 20-mile stretch of existing busway. Joining the effort is the University of South Florida On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is seeking the public’s help with designing an off-highway vehicle (OHV) trail network and other potential recreation improvements, including staging areas and campgrounds, at the Williams Hill recreation area in southern Monterey County. The 30-day scoping period ends on July 6.

By Press release submission | Jun 4, 2021
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) today issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians’ proposed Southern Bighorn Solar Project (“Project”).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRADLEY BRIGHT, 32, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime before United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - (June 4, 2021) House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chairwoman Hayes issued the following statement in response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) investing $1 billion to purchase healthy food for food insecure Americans and build food bank capacity...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Admitted She Continued to File Fraudulent Tax Returns After Her IRS E-Filing Privileges were Revoked as a Result of a Previous Felony Conviction.

By Press release submission | Jun 4, 2021
The Biden-Harris administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2022, including $1.3 billion in funding to invest in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) initiatives that would support Native students and teachers from early childhood through college, an increase of $110.6 million from the 2021 enacted level.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 3, 2021, Dyllan Rose, age 27, of Milan, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 348 months' imprisonment to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann for producing child pornography.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Additional climbing closures have been implemented on the Left Book, The Bookmark, and Bookmark Pinnacle in the Lumpy Ridge Area of Rocky Mountain National Park. Peregrine falcons have been observed displaying continuous aggressive territorial behavior toward climbers in the vicinity of an active nesting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Fled From Officers Several Times on a Four-Wheeler.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced they have introduced bipartisan legislation to help protect communities across the country from the possible consequences of a proposed...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - JAIME ULIZE CARCAMO.

By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gave the following statement in recognition of the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre: