News from June 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2662, IG Independence and Empowerment Act, introduced by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform in a bipartisan vote of 221-182.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Luis Madrigal-Reyes, 37, a native and citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. He also agreed to pay $45,057 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for the damage that the cultivation operation had on public land.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following welcoming remarks at the first full Committee markup of fiscal year 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: With Gary Bank Robbery And A Firearm Offense Causing Death.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will implement Stage 2 Fire Restrictions on June 30, 2021 and they will be in effect until further notice. Due to hot, dry conditions, the following is prohibited: all wood-burning and charcoal fire use and setting, building, maintaining, attending or using open fire of any kind. Devices fueled by petroleum or LPG products are allowed in all locations. Smoking is prohibited, except in an enclosed vehicle.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to manufacture and ship counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics from China to the United States, where the bogus batteries were sold to unsuspecting buyers in online marketplaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derline Cunningham, 60, of Greece, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - This afternoon Zion National Park received a little over an inch of rain in an hour. Due to the flash flooding and an active technical Search and Rescue operation SR-9 in the park is closed to inbound traffic. Currently traffic in the park is being diverted outbound at both the South and East Entrances. Park staff are actively working to remove debris from the roads. Please avoid this area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has found four Los Angeles-area residents guilty of criminal charges for scheming to submit fraudulent loan applications seeking millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) COVID-19 relief funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Roderick Bell, 42, of Philadelphia, an elected member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, entered a plea of guilty today to federal wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of tax fraud and wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: A man who was found in possession of more than five grams of fentanyl that he intended to distribute was sentenced June 28, 2021, to more than a year in federal prison. Jonathan Matthew Duffey, age 42, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after a Jan. 11, 2021 guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- Today, Hasan Hakim Brown, 45, pled guilty in Ft. Lauderdale federal district court to working with co-conspirators to steal $24 million of COVID-19 relief money by using synthetic identities and shell companies they had created years earlier to commit other bank fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to increase responsible renewable energy production on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management today applauded the announcement that MGM Resorts has begun to bring 130 megawatts of clean power online from its MEGA Solar Array project. The MEGA...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2022 Legislative Branch funding bill on a 33 to 25 vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Werneburg had a previous conviction for drug trafficking when caught with meth and a handgun.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform; Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services; Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security; Rep. John Garamendi, Chairman...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Newcastle Field Office with the help of Colorado Mesa University invites the public to participate in a series of meetings to discuss outdoor recreation within the Newcastle Field Office. The meetings are designed to engage the public, including local leaders...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: More than a dozen defendants are charged in a major drug-trafficking conspiracy alleged in a 22-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Mexican national was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
