News from June 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced an important step to improve access to medications for opioid use disorder, especially in rural areas where those suffering with opioid use disorder may have limited treatment options.

By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Vivian Sapthavee (619) 546-7696.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, has.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Zachary Tepsa, 33, Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced on Friday, June 25 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Tepsa pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 27, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: DENVER - FEMA is awarding more than $3 million in Public Assistance funding to the City of Madison, South Dakota for repairs to the Park Creek Embankment System. The assistance is available under a major disaster declaration issued Nov. 18, 2019. FEMA has already provided a total of $13.3 million to South Dakota communities for this disaster.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy that engaged in multiple murders, attempted murders, and drug trafficking.

By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER DI MAIO: Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Secretary of State, dear Tony, dear colleagues, dear guests, welcome. Welcome to Italy. (Via interpreter) I’m delighted to welcome you here to Rome, to the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which I have the privilege ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $2,988,950 in a new round of funding for new interoperable communication systems for public safety. Initially funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. June 28, 2021 - Due to extreme fire danger, record setting temperatures, drought, and commitment of firefighting resources both regionally and nationally, the parks are increasing fire restrictions to Stage 3 - their highest level.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2022 bill.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a civil disorder in the City of Trenton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Houlton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Fausto Hernandez, age 43, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to distributing a “designer drug" which is a controlled substance analog.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Threatened to put a bullet in his victim and kill the victim’s family after caught.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are pleased to announce a shuttle opportunity for visitors to access Cades Cove on Vehicle-Free Wednesdays beginning July 7 through September 1. The shuttle service will be provided by Rocky Top Tours from Townsend, TN to Cades Cove between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. each Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Illegally Worked Using Someone Else’s Name and Social Security Number.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Floyd Wallace, 34, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.