News from December 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Screening at Speed Program announced the award of $2,527,907.76 to Vanderlande Industries Inc. of Marietta, Georgia, to develop a passenger self-screening concept design and prototype that streamlines TSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Puerto Rican man today admitted conspiring to distribute over 250 kilograms of cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Antonio Armour, 34 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl and fentanyl analogue and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 27-year-old Harlingen man has been ordered to prison for two separate smuggling attempts, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of over $5 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: PECOS - Today a federal jury convicted Pedro Ramirez-Urbina, 41, a Mexican national on one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and one count of transportation of illegal aliens in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - An Anaconda man today admitted charges that he attempted to coerce and entice a girl he believed to be a minor into engaging in sexual activity during an undercover investigation, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Puerto Rican man today admitted conspiring to distribute over 250 kilograms of cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Estevan Antonio, 26, of Acoma, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Acoma Pueblo, was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 9 to five years and three months in prison for sexual abuse in Indian Country.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: AMBASSADOR KIM: (Applause.) Great. Thank you very much. That was an amazing performance. I had no idea that our mission was so talented musically.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Today, Amtrak announced that it will abandon plans to lay off workers and cut passenger rail service, which would have been necessary to comply with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. Amtrak will instead focus on required testing for unvaccinated employees.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will be hosting the final Chemical Security Seminar of 2021 on Dec. 15, featuring panel discussions on supply chain disruptions, emergency management collaboration, and a workshop to assist chemical industry members in designing their own chemical security exercises.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill., man was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. DONTREL U. BROWN, 24, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Brown pleaded guilty to the charges on June 15, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: A traditional part of every holiday meal includes some type of cranberry dish. Every year, Americans place homemade or canned cranberry sauce on the holiday dinner table. Others may use the tart-tasting blood red berry in a baked good or as a part of the table décor. Regardless of how you choose to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Contacted Hundreds of Children Through Teen Dating Website.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Tonight, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to send S.J. Res. 33, legislation raising the debt limit, to President Biden for his signature...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas has filed federal charges against one of the world’s largest alleged anabolic steroid producers, U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Investigators Seized Over 90 Grams of Controlled Substances, Including Fentanyl, Two Firearms and Ammunition in Defendant’s Vehicle and Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN GRINNELL, 36, of Lakewood, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 121 months of imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for posing as a teenage...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS -A Georgia man who admitted to a methamphetamine trafficking crime after law enforcement found four pounds of the drug in his Billings motel room was sentenced today to 70 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
