News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Woodville man pled guilty in federal court today to selling methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Bruce Ralph Sturtz, age 73, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, today to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Grimm also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Sturtz...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. - A series of road, trail, and bridge projects are underway for eight locations within Ozark National Scenic Riverways to repair damage from the devastating 2017 flood that destroyed many features and facilities along the Current and Jacks Fork rivers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Maurice Woodson to 276 months in prison today. The 34-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in February to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death, and one count of witness tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Threatened to Shoot One Victim, Carjacked Another Before Leading Police on High-Speed Chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Levine, 24, of Lancaster, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: JUNEAU - A Utah man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for the beating death of his wife during a 2017 family cruise to Alaska.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An east Tennessee man who coerced minor victims into sending him sexually explicit images will spend 30 years in federal prison for his offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Anyone who has ever craned their neck to hold a phone between their ear and their shoulder can appreciate the benefit of hands-free communication. For first responders, the situation is typically much more serious than trying to chat with a friend while cooking dinner, though. They are often in critical response scenarios where a hands-free voice interface would improve both safety and efficiency, which could ultimately translate into saving lives.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to welcome Defense Minister Gantz to the State Department. We had an opportunity to spend some time together in Israel just a week or so ago. Very happy today to have the opportunity to pursue that conversation, to talk about the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Daniel Zipp (619) 546-8463.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s June 2021 total water supply available forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will satisfy all senior and junior water rights this irrigation season.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Mimbres, NM, June 3, 2021-The Johnson Fire on the Gila National Forest is burning within the boundaries of the Gila Wilderness. The National Park Service is closing the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (Cliff Dwellings) effective 8:00 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2021 and shall remain in effect until rescinded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Maurice Woodson to 276 months in prison today. The 34-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in February, to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death and one count of witness tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. B A Camden man was sentenced today to 110 months in prison for conspiring to distribute approximately 900 grams of heroin in Camden, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cranston man arrested in May 2018 on state kidnapping, indecent exposure, and domestic violence charges, and later found also to be in possession of images of child pornography, some of which he regularly distributed to another person, was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison on possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography charges.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
Release: Suzanne Bond, 301-851-4070. Suzanne.M.Bond@usda.gov WASHINGTON, June 3, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing its plans for combatting the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and South Carolina in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Aurelius Edmonds, 37, of Vienna was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy that used fake passports to open accounts at victim banks into which he and others deposited phony IRS refund checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
