News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News from June 2021


TSA hosting recruiting event for BNA June 23

Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a recruiting event Wednesday, June 23 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Nashville International Airport (BNA).


The United States and Peru: Partners in Democracy and Development

Release: On behalf of the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Peru for participating in the June 6 runoff presidential election.


Modified Operations For Stage 3 FS Closure

News Release: Walnut Canyon National Monument. * Monument remains open 9am-4:30pm daily. * All facilities and trails remain open EXCEPT when a Red Flag Warning is in effect, at which point the Island Trail (one mile trail that descends several hundred vertical feet into the canyon and provides access to cliff dwellings)...


The United States and Germany: Strengthening Our Alliance

Release: “We count on Germany as a key Ally, friend and partner."


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Shallotte man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison and three years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine and possessing a firearm after a felony conviction.


On Olmstead Anniversary, Murray and CAP’s Mia Ives-Rublee Push for Investment in Home Care

News Release: (Washington, D.C.)- Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Mia Ives-Rublee, Director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress (CAP), continued to push for a historic investment in home- and community-based...


East St. Louis Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Shooting Off Gun at Child’s Birthday Party

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - An East St. Louis man will spend 5 years in prison for shooting a gun into the air at a child’s birthday party. Marco B. Orr, 32, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. Orr pled guilty in April to one count of unlawful firearm possession by a convicted felon. According ...


Terlingua Man Sentenced to Prison for Running a Child Obscenity Website

News Release: MIDLAND - A federal judge today sentenced 65-year-old Thomas Alan Arthur to 40 years in federal prison for operating a website dedicated to publishing writings that detailed the sexual abuse of children.


Navajo man sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for assault in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Matthew Ramone, 32, of the Thoreau, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on June 14 in federal court to three years and 10 months in prison for assaulting two victims resulting in serious bodily injury. Ramone pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2020.


Navy Mechanic Sentenced to 210 Years for Sexually Assaulting 7 Young Girls, Producing Child Pornography

News Release: RANDALL TILTON, 32, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 210 years of imprisonment for child pornography production offenses related to his sexual of abuse of seven young girls in three states over the course of several years.


TSA prepares Coloradans for very busy summer air travel season

Release: DENVER - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday shared that current travel projections for the next three months at airports nationwide as well as at Denver International Airport (DEN) indicate this summer could approach volumes seen in 2019, which was busiest on record for TSA operations.


Meeks Remarks at Brookings Event on China

News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, delivered the following remarks at Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy event on Global China...


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty for Violating Federal Controlled Substances Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, that MICHAEL LOUIS, a/k/a “Michael Lewis,", age 61, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty to a two-count Superseding Bill of Information. In Count 1, LOUIS is charged with conspiracy to distribute and...


Barnstable Man Charged with Firearm Trafficking

News Release: BOSTON - A Barnstable man was charged on Tuesday, June 15th in connection with selling three “ghost guns" to an undercover officer.


FAA Proposes $124,500 in Civil Penalties Against 8 Passengers for Allegedly Interfering with Flight Attendants

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties ranging from $9,000 to $22,000 against eight airline passengers for allegedly interfering with flight attendants who instructed them to obey cabin crew instructions and various federal regulations. The cases announced today include assaulting flight crew, drinking alcohol brought aboard the plane and refusing to wear facemasks.


McCaul, Rogers on Reports Biden Administration Halted Military Aid to Ukraine

News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers issued the following statement expressing their concern about reports that the Biden Administration halted a package of lethal military equipment to Ukraine that was put together in response to Russia’s military escalation in and around Ukraine this spring.


Training Program Boosts Workforce Readiness in Oak Ridge

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - A new chapter of cleanup is underway at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a massive endeavor requiring EM to maintain its existing workforce while preparing new skilled workers for the challenges ahead.


KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearms, Drug Trafficking

News Release: Firearms Linked to Several Shootings. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms that were linked to several shootings. Marck E. Fristoe, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 15 years in...


Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Threatening 2020 Democratic Candidates for President and Vice President, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and Their Supporters During the Campaign

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - James Dale Reed, age 42, of Frederick, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of threats to a major candidate for President or Vice President-specifically, making threats against then-former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris. A federal criminal complaint for the same charge was filed against Reed on Oct. 21, 2020 and he was convicted of related state charges in Frederick County Circuit Court.


Jury convicts Houstonian in human smuggling conspiracy

News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A federal jury has convicted a 31-year-old Houston man for conspiring to smuggle undocumented citizens within the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.