News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man who admitted to repeatedly raping two children on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 15 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) continues to monitor conditions at Tomales Point with respect to tule elk and has taken actions to address issues associated with the current drought. Specifically, in June and then September/October 2021, the NPS installed seven water trough and tank systems for the elk...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joshua Sattora, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: The following is the Joint Statement on the U.S.-Palestinian Economic Dialogue.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is using a time-tested approach to find innovative technology solutions: prize competitions.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 14, 2021
Thirty alleged members of an Indianapolis drug trafficking ring have recently been indicted after investigators seized more than 700 grams of fentanyl, 46 pounds of methamphetamine, 30 firearms and over $300,000 in cash in a multi-state action.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded more than $17.5 million in grants to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. Funding will support efforts across the country to address violent crime, including the gun violence that is often at its core. The Rochester Institute of Technology was awarded $148,584 to administer PSN grant funds in the Western District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Today a San Antonio man was sentenced to 168 months in prison for attempting to coerce and entice a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announce a Puerto Rican man today admitted conspiring to distribute over 250 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement blasting Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the House Select Committee on the Economy’s press conference touting child care provisions in Democrats’ massive spending bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NEWARK - The Justice Department announced today that Joseph Centanni, a landlord who has owned hundreds of rental units in and around Elizabeth, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $4.5 million in monetary damages and a civil penalty to resolve a Fair Housing Act (FHA) lawsuit concerning his sexual harassment...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Dec. 10, 2021, Cornelius Donte Bowen, 32, from Tuskegee, Alabama, was sentenced to 24 months in prison after violating the terms of his supervised release, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Plum, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Letter: GOP Members Request Answers on IRS Tax Return Backlog Ahead of Upcoming Filing Season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: DEL RIO - Hazel Eileen Diaz, aka Sandra, 51, a detective with the Eagle Pass Police Department was arrested in Eagle Pass today on criminal charges related to her alleged participation in a conspiracy to harbor undocumented noncitizens.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: The United States welcomes the European Union’s actions to sanction the Russia-backed Wagner Group and its associates. These actions underscore our joint commitment to respond to this organization’s destabilizing actions in multiple regional conflicts, including Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Central African...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: CBO: Permanent Dem Tax & Spend Bill Costs About $5 TRILLION, Adds $3 Trillion to Deficit.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Democrats’ Toddler Tax Raises Child Care Costs by $13,000 a Year for Middle-Class Families.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: The United States condemns the conviction and sentencing to 9 years imprisonment of noted Vietnamese author and journalist Pham Doan Trang, who did nothing more than peacefully express her opinions. We note as well the recent opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which found Trang’s...
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: The United States condemns today’s politically motivated convictions of Belarusian opposition figures Syarhey Tsikhanouski, Mikalai Statkevich, Radio Liberty journalist Ihar Losik, and others in judicial proceedings that do not conform to the rule of law. Belarusian courts harshly sentenced Mr. Tsikhanouski to 18 years, Mr. Statkevich to 14 years, and Mr. Losik to 15 years in prison. Neither these individuals, nor the Belarusian people, warrant such harsh repression.
