News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Kansas City, MO - U.S. Marshal Mark James of the Western District of Missouri announced his impending retirement for Dec. 31, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kerm Leroy Jackson, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for holiday travelers who are planning to fly out of Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport during the Christmas and New Year holidays as passenger volume is expected to increase during the end-of-year travel period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man has been charged in a 10-count indictment with carrying out a scheme to steal a residence located in the District of Columbia and then reselling the property to an unsuspecting buyer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 28, 2021, Walik Skeete, age 44, of Binghamton, New York, was indicted by a federal grand jury for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The case was unsealed following Skeete’s arrest.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The Department of State has awarded B.L. Harbert International of Birmingham, Alabama, the design/build construction contract for the new U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi. Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle is the design architect. The new campus, managed by Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), will...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Dec. 15, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site received an Open OutDoors for Kids grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF). This grant will enable the park to provide education programs for thousands of school kids throughout the community.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By Andy Nghiem | Dec 15, 2021
Montana State University (MSU) graduate student Alex Ballow recently received the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MILES J. DUPERON, age 29, of Slidell, pled guilty on Dec. 14, 2021 to one count of delay of U.S. Mail matter by postal employee, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1703(a).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey report for data year 2020. The report estimates business spending in 2020 for new and used structures and equipment at the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector level, as well as three-digit and selected four-digit industries within those sectors. The data provide a relevant, timely and accurate measure of current business conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 14, 2021, Scott Lykens, age 44, of State College, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal information for failure to pay federal income and payroll taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Eleven people were charged today for their respective roles in a fentanyl and crack cocaine distribution organization that sold large quantities of controlled substances in the area of Brookdale Avenue and Abinger Place in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - Today a San Antonio man pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling over $1.1 million from the City of Johnson City, Texas.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 15, 2021
Three Washington men convicted of felony fentanyl distribution charges in August have recently been given sentences ranging from 10-20 years in prison, including five years of supervised release following the completion of their terms.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal criminal complaint was unsealed today charging an Oregon dentist with fraudulently converting to his personal use nearly $8 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on Dec. 14, 2021, that a Milwaukee man was indicted for seven armed robberies of tow truck drivers in the Milwaukee area between Sept. 17, 2021, and October 6, 2021. Specifically, Latherio Meadows, age 26, was charged with seven...
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Autonomy by Reinforcing its Defense Act (GUARD Act), legislation to provide critical support to Ukraine as it faces the threat of an invasion from Russia.
