News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: POCATELLO - A Rigby man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men face several charges after allegedly breaking into a blue mail receptacle at the River Oaks U.S. Post Office in Houston, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The following is the Joint Statement on the U.S.-Israel Economic Development Group.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: The Government of Hungary has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of wheat (Triticum sp.) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. APHIS shares ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on September 9, 2021, RANDY FIELDS, age 30, resident of Orleans Parish, was charged in a four-count sealed indictment for alleged drug and gun violations. These violations occurred on March 31, 2021. In Count 1 of the indictment, FIELDS...
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
Release: We are alarmed by a potential deployment of Russia-backed Wagner Group forces in Mali. We understand that the reported deal - costing $10 million per month - diverts money that could be used to support the Malian Armed Forces and public services to pay for the deployment of Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s Wagner...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--The Penn Wharton University of Pennsylvania Budget Model released an analysis today showing average U.S. households will spend $3,500 more in 2021 just to keep up with inflation, with lower-income households particularly feeling inflation’s sting. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) says that if the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend bill is passed, American households can expect this stealth tax to be even higher.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: NOAA and partners have joined together to launch approximately 100 new Argo floats across the Atlantic ocean to collect data that supports ocean, weather and climate research and prediction. These will bolster the international Argo Program offsite link, which maintains a global array of about 3,800 floats that measure pressure, temperature and salinity of the upper 2,000 meters (1.2 miles) of the ocean.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today emailed eligible government officials information about participating in the 2020 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Everton, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he was carrying at the time he was arrested for rape and sex trafficking in Lawrence County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Edward Grace, Assistant Director of the Office of Law Enforcement for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced that KING SHEUNG CHAN, also known as “Nelson," 30, a permanent resident of Hong Kong of the People’s...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the use of integrated weed management practices, including chemical and mechanical treatments, to effectively manage noxious and invasive terrestrial and aquatic plant species on public lands...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a superseding indictment against four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The Small Business Administration (SBA) guarantees the loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dajuan Edwards-Melton, 20, of the 2100 block of Antoinette Street, appeared in federal court today in relation to a criminal complaint that charged him with burglarizing a gun store and possessing stolen firearms on Dec. 13, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Defendant Created Fake Accounts Receivables From National Sportswear Companies And Had The Companies’ Representatives Impersonated On Investor Calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brittany Irvine, age 27, formerly of Bloomingdale, New York, was sentenced today to 12 months of probation and to pay a fine of $5,000 for stealing prescription drugs from mail parcels.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: Ben Hayes is the principal of Springboard Forestry LLC and a 5th generation Oregonian. Springboard Forestry is a consulting firm focused on conservation forestry, finance, water resources, and wood supply chains. Ben will present on the forest ecology of coastal Northwest forests. This talk will cover...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 60 months followed by four years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey Howard, of Houston, Texas, has admitted to his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
