News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, one day before a jury trial was scheduled to begin, Hack Townsend Culling Jr., 28, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Louisville - A Louisville man was sentenced last week to 2 years of probation, including 8 months of home incarceration, for aiming a laser pointer at a Louisville Metro Police helicopter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 20, 2021, Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Donquell Franklin (age 30), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to 84 months in federal prison for an armed robbery of an undercover ATF Task Force Officer. Judge Pepper ordered that his sentence run consecutive to his state revocation sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Pawtucket man today pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to attempting to send obscene material to a minor.
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I send sincere congratulations to the people of Italy as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Lamar Prilliman, a/k/a “Block", age 48, of Baltimore, Maryland, on federal charges related to a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 20, 2021, Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Donquell Franklin (age 30), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to 84 months in federal prison for an armed robbery of an undercover ATF Task Force Officer. Judge Pepper ordered that his sentence run consecutive to his state revocation sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will offer two special backcountry hikes this June.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Franklin, MA, man today admitted to a federal court judge in Rhode Island that on at least four occasions he traveled to Rhode Island and traded a firearm for fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) grant program is an essential source of funding for communities recovering from a federally declared disaster or emergency. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (GOHSEP) works with FEMA during all phases of the PA program and conducts final reviews of FEMA-approved projects.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Staff completed the first commissioning test for one of 37 remote-operated cranes inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at the EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, bringing the plant one step closer to treating nuclear tank waste.
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: Pursuant to the authorities delegated to the Secretary of State in Executive Order (E.O.) 13553, which implements Section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended (CISADA) (Public Law 111-195), as well as in the October 9, 2012, Delegation of Certain...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Seneca Smith, 36, of Huntington was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on the President's Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget with the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 10:00 AM ET using the Cisco Webex platform.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mitchell R. Arbogast, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was indicted today on a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participated today in the virtual NATO Foreign Ministerial hosted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Secretary Blinken discussed the upcoming NATO Summit and reaffirmed U.S. commitment to NATO, highlighting the Administration’s priority to revitalize our ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, joins Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Lamont Pugh III, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General - Chicago...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two Providence men indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday were arraigned today while a third person is being sought for allegedly leading schemes to create and deposit nearly a quarter of a million dollars in counterfeit business and personal checks, and quickly withdrawing the funds before banks determined that the checks were created using stolen personal identifying and bank account information.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering site improvements at the Calf Creek Recreation Area in Garfield County, Utah, and today published a notice of proposed development to solicit public input for this project. If implemented, this proposal would address both deferred maintenance needs and allow for upgraded site improvements within one of the most popular recreation sites on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
