News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal judge sentenced 19-year-old Iron Youth member and Smiley resident Caleb Nathaniel Oliver today to 18 months imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a machine gun.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved $123,610,893 to reimburse the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for debris removal activities following Hurricane Michael.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces today that the Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC and Orlando Center for Outpatient Surgery, LP have agreed to pay the United States $3.4 million to resolve allegations that both companies violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for kidney stone procedures that were not medically justified and for engaging in an illegal kickback arrangement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Antoine Louis, 37, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and eight months in prison, to run consecutively, for violating his supervised release from a previous federal drug conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - On June 26, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle-trained wild horse and burro adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada. All 14 animals showcased at the event were adopted.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Speaker Pelosi introducing a resolution to create a Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (H.Res. 503)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced the release of Census Business Builder (CBB) version 3.4 with new data capabilities and updates. Per data user request, version 3.4 of the Small Business Edition includes an industry cluster feature for the first time. This feature allows data users to build custom groupings of up to 10 industries of their choosing and generate maps and reports that show the summarized data for all industries included in the cluster.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - An Ashland man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Freeport, New York, man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for participating in a conspiracy to carry out a $9 million scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a scheme known as “shotgunning," Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: A woman who falsely claimed that she was purchasing a firearm for herself pled guilty on June 25, 2021, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are continuing their investigation into the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Ascent Aviation Solutions LLC and its owner have been ordered to pay nearly $240,000 in penalties for violating safety regulations, announced acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A federal jury convicted a Camilla, Georgia, resident on federal charges stemming from violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the Department of Education for releasing nearly $4 billion in funds for Puerto Rico’s schools, a move announced as part of Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s visit to the island this week. The announcement comes after Grijalva and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Shawn E. Gilkerson, 40, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are continuing their investigation into the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that, following a two-week trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos, and approximately one hour of deliberations, DONALD BLAKSTAD, the owner and principal of a California-based investment firm, was found guilty on all counts for committing insider trading and a securities offering fraud scheme. BLAKSTAD’s offenses yielded more than $7 million in criminal profits.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - A focus toward building smarter and stronger has pushed forward recovery projects this past spring to strengthen the resilience of the Territory’s power grid, revitalize hurricane-damaged housing communities and repair roads fit to withstand the perils of storms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A Beech Grove man was arrested today in Indianapolis on federal criminal charges related to his alleged setting fire to two buildings at the Amtrak Facility in Beech Grove, early morning on May 2, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: U.S. Department of State’s “Heroes of U.S. Diplomacy" initiative will recognize Locally Employed Staff honoree, Jenkins Vangehn of Liberia, in a conversation with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Belinda Jackson Farrier and Ambassador...
