News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man made his initial court appearance today for allegedly filing a fraudulent bankruptcy petition claiming he had limited assets and hundreds of millions of dollars in liabilities, when, in fact, he had $2.9 million in a hidden bank account, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: SWEETWATER, Tenn. - A two-day undercover operation involving HSI and multiple Tennessee local and state law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of six individuals accused of seeking illicit sex from minors.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON - From Stonewall National Monument to the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, the physical memory of our nation’s civil rights history is preserved in many powerful places. The National Park Service today awarded $2.4 million to six projects in six states as part of the new History of Equal Rights grant program, which focuses on the continued preservation of such sites.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Donovan Davey (57, Orlando) to 32 months in federal prison for making a false statement in a passport application, aggravated identity theft, falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, and illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement regarding the cyberattack on meat supplier JBS...

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: DENVER - Updates to Beaverhead County’s flood insurance rate maps are nearing completion. The new maps will provide Beaverhead County, Dillon, and Lima with more accurate flood risk information that can help local officials and residents make informed decisions about reducing flood risks and purchasing flood insurance.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Justin David May, 31, of Wilmington, DE was sentenced today to seven years and eight months in prison, five years of supervised release, ordered to pay more than $4 Million in restitution and over $300,000 forfeiture...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Albert Aiad-Toss, 53, of Canfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Pamela A. Barker to 22 years of imprisonment, lifetime supervised release, a $50,000 fine and a special assessment of $40,800. Aiad-Toss, a Youngstown-area physician...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to defraud his former employer, a Massachusetts-based uniform-supply company, by falsifying invoices.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: San Francisco Maritime National Park Association and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park presents "A virtual concert featuring two of the world's finest fiddlers: Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, from County Donegal, Ireland, and Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser.".

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Honduran national who led police on a high-speed chase after threatening to shoot one victim and carjacking another, has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Ronald Mickel, 41, of Lorain, was sentenced on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Sara Lioi to 188 months imprisonment. Mickel was convicted by a federal jury of being a felon in possession of ammunition in September 2020.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s announcement that the United States plans to distribute 80 million U.S. COVID-19 vaccine doses globally by the end of June.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Utah State University, Logan, Utah, to develop their Remote Online Initiative (ROI), which will provide...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A California man who once operated a drug-trafficking ring in the Savannah area has been sentenced to federal prison after his capture in Nevada.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Lone Star Industries Inc, a subsidiary of Italian company Buzzi Unicem, has agreed to upgrade and optimize pollution control equipment and procedures at its cement manufacturing facility in Greencastle, Indiana, to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. announced today that the Subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on “Minding the Tax Gap: Improving Tax Administration for the 21st Century" on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 12:00 PM EDT.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Marcus Leon Tuchawena, 24, of Parker, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 84 months in prison for abusive sexual contact with a minor. Tuchawena was also sentenced to lifetime supervised release and is required to register as a sex offender. Tuchawena previously pleaded guilty to this charge.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Leslie Gardner (619) 546-7603.