News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Point Reyes Station, CA- Point Reyes National Seashore was notified of a possible suicide at 11:30 am this morning. A park visitor reported finding a note on a vehicle in the Chimney Rock parking lot.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that DONOVAN DIRON JOHNSON (“JOHNSON"), age 27, of Thibodaux, LA pled guilty on May 18, 2021 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to being a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of violence found in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(9).
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: The Inyo National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office are implementing (Stage 1) fire restrictions effective on all Federal lands under their jurisdiction. This decision is based on very high fire danger, drought conditions coupled with extremely dry vegetation, an increase in human caused wildfires and the availability of firefighters for response.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A Bulgarian national was sentenced May 21, to 2 years in prison for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by seeking to export controlled electronic equipment from the U.S. to the Russian military and space program under false pretenses.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in filing an amendment to the Endless Frontier Act (S.1260) to establish a counterintelligence ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Kemah man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Farrell, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Distribution of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An employee of the Township of Irvington Building and Construction Department (TIBCD) today admitted soliciting corrupt payments from a man posing as a land developer in New York and New Jersey in exchange for securing the necessary documentation and approvals required to obtain building permits for a property in Irvington, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Building a diverse, highly-skilled, technical workforce for the homeland security enterprise and beyond is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). Tapping into the best and brightest minds of academia, and more specifically focusing on the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $1.8 million in the state of Tennessee to update and improve water infrastructure to support current and future business needs.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Secretary Mayorkas will continue to review detention facilities and health and safety standards WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to discontinue use of the C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center in ...
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 20, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 90-Day Progress Report on Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 20, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that USDA is making priority funding available for coastal National Scenic Areas that have been devastated by wildfires. National Scenic Areas are environmentally protected, federally designated locations that have outstanding natural and scenic value.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Denver, Colorado, returned an indictment charging Norman W. Fries Inc., dba Claxton Poultry Farms (Claxton), headquartered in Claxton, Georgia, with participating in a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: An Idaho man pleaded guilty today to lying to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and to making an illegal repair to a cargo tanker in violation of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: The United States has seized 68 protected lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids, and a jaguar from Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe’s Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma, pursuant to a judicially-authorized search and seizure warrant, for ongoing Endangered Species Act (ESA) violations. The Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: The former managing director of residential lending and two former loan officers of a financial institution headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, pleaded guilty to participating in a years-long scheme to originate fraudulent residential-mortgage loans through the bank’s low-documentation Advantage Loan Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering and filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland spoke by phone yesterday with Priti Patel, the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary. In this inaugural conversation, the Attorney General and Home Secretary reaffirmed their shared commitment to deepening cooperation on countering common threats, including those posed by ...
