News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Mark Sand & Gravel Co. has agreed to pay $1.75 million in damages for allegedly violating the federal False Claims Act and the Minnesota False Claims Act, by using unauthorized gravel materials in connection with several federally-funded road construction projects administered by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man who has been living under a false identity pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to charges arising from his use of the name and Social Security number of a U.S. citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a man from Cumberland County, North Carolina, with visa fraud and making false statements in immigration proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant Operated Pain Management Clinic in Southeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement on former White House Counsel Don McGahn's testimony before the Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Dwayne Grim, 52, formerly of Newfields, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to destruction of government property, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 4, 2021, Ferdinand Cruz, aka “Feldi," 40, of Bellows Falls, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 15 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of being...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it will be rolling back a significant portion of Endangered Species Act (ESA) reforms put in place by the Trump administration. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), requesting an updated analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) data to assess the gender pay...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park announces a temporary closure of the north end of the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas. The closure will take place Monday, June 7th, closing the north end of the ranch to visitors including the Show Barn, Hangar Visitor Center, Western National Park Association gift store, and Texas White House Complex.
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
Release: As part of our commitment to the people of Afghanistan, the United States is providing more than $266 million in new humanitarian assistance, bringing total U.S. humanitarian aid for Afghanistan to nearly $3.9 billion since 2002.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - United States District Judge Matthew T. Schelp sentenced Garrick B. Madison to 57 months in prison today. The 25-year-old Cape Girardeau, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in February, to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Tracey Ray, 48, of New London, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of federal program theft. Ray appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2021 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Tacoma - Two Tacoma residents pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court to drug-distribution charges that carry mandatory-minimum sentences, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Tyson Lloyd, 32, faces a mandatory minimum ten years in prison and up to life in prison. Cole Hornbeck, 24, ...
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip T. Reeker will travel to Tbilisi, Georgia; Baku, Azerbaijan; and Yerevan, Armenia June 6-13 to advance bilateral and regional priorities and to express U.S. support for democratic and economic development across the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Khalil Jackson, age 25, of Elkhart, Indiana, was convicted following a jury trial in the South Bend District Court announced Acting United States Attorney Bell.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kyle Olson, 29, Edgerton, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 27 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Olson pleaded guilty to this charge on Dec. 1, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) decision to issue recalls of Mattel’s Rock ‘n Glide Soother and Soothe ‘n Play Glider ahead of next week’s Committee hearing on the grave flaws in the U.S. consumer product safety system...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2021
News Release: Northwest Arkansas - On Wednesday, June 9th, 2021, the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will demolish the old Highway 7 bridge at Pruitt in Newton County. This demolition will affect vehicle traffic on Highway 7 and visitor access to this area of Buffalo National River. For the safety of...
