News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Davenport, Iowa - Joshua Lee Scheper, age 40, of Davenport, was sentenced on May 27, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 30 months in prison for Making False Statements During Firearm Purchases. Scheper was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: “This historic increase in NOAA’s budget will put American businesses, workers, and communities in a better position to respond to the climate crisis," said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo. “Our economic competitiveness relies on our communities’ resilience and our ability to make informed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - A political and media consultant pleaded guilty in federal court today to wire fraud and falsification of records related to the embezzlement of more than $1.4 million from a United States Congressional campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Call to ATF Tip-Line Leads to Identification, Arrest, and Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park will temporarily close a portion of the Green River Ferry Road from Maple Springs Campground to the junction of Mammoth Cave Parkway and suspend ferry service between 9 am and 2 pm on Wednesday, June 2 and Friday, June 4. There will be no river access or exit options for paddlers...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Effective Consultation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act, which codifies for the first time a requirement that federal agencies consult with tribal governments before taking or permitting...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces that a federal jury has found Michael Craig Gorycki (50, Titusville) guilty of attempted enticement of a 13-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Gorycki faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A former Little Rock gang leader of the Wolfe Street Crips has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a marijuana conspiracy as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Thursday afternoon, United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker sentenced Machita Mitchell, Jr., aka “Frog", 45, to 180 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arrested and had his initial appearance in federal court on charges stemming from his arrest for narcotics trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Cedric O. Valentine, 45, of Fort Walton Beach was sentenced yesterday to a 20-year mandatory minimum term in federal prison, following his conviction on multiple charges related to possession and distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and marijuana, as well as possession of firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: On May 29, the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, the United States reaffirms its unwavering commitment to UN peacekeeping. We join the international community in honoring those who have served in UN peacekeeping operations since 1948, the more than 4,000 peacekeepers who have died in the line of...
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a special pleasure to be here with my friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Jaishankar. It’s wonderful to have him at the State Department, and very important as well because the United States and India are working together on so many of the most important...
By State Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. I am delighted to have the vice president and foreign minister here with us today. The partnership between the United States and Colombia is absolutely vital. We work together on so many different issues and in so many different ways, and it’s a particular pleasure...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury returned a twenty-four-count indictment charging four individuals for their roles in health care fraud conspiracy that billed more than $20 million in false claims to the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Three Residents Seriously Injured in Blaze.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Derrick S. McCullough (31, Keystone Heights) with escape from federal custody. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Crouch was involved in trafficking over seven pounds of meth near two public parks with playgrounds.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced legislation that prevents the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking back assistance it has provided to disaster...
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry are increasing pressure on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support its claim that less than two percent of family farms and ranches will be impacted by the Biden administration’s proposed tax increases.
