News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Panamanian Intermediary Extradited to the United States Pleads Guilty to International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.
By John Kelly | Dec 14, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designed a new and simplified insurance policy for agricultural producers with small-scale operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - On Dec. 14, 2021, members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Jason Fletcher, 42, and Farrah Fletcher, 44, both of Martinsburg, WV. Jason Fletcher was wanted, out of Berkeley County West Virginia, for unlawful assault on a law enforcement officer. These...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Denzel Houston of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig yesterday afternoon and was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. Houston previously pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime in November 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man linked to firearms-trafficking offenses has pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is selectively masticating or grinding pinyon-pine and juniper trees to improve wildlife habitat and create fire breaks on nearly 3,000 acres of White Pine County’s public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was involved in the illegal sale of 15 firearms (four of which were stolen) to a confidential source working with federal agents, has been convicted by a trial jury of illegally possessing and selling firearms and robbery.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: Contents. Acknowledgements. About the Council. U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. About the President’s Interagency Task Force. Introduction. Methodology for This Report. Forms of Human Trafficking. Underserved Populations Committee. Committee on Administration of Justice. Conclusion. Appendix A: Index...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi, and various other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies recently announced the results of “Operation Triple Beam - Third Coast", an annual multi-agency law enforcement operation led by the Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Texas Man Arrested for COVID-19 Relief Scheme.
By John Kelly | Dec 14, 2021
The USDA will begin a National Agricultural Classification Survey this month in preparation for the upcoming 2022 Census of Agriculture.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
Release: NEWARK, N.J.-Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a handgun and ammunition artfully concealed inside a traveler’s checked baggage yesterday (December 13) resulting in his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Dorian L. Hall, 47, of Gary, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon today following his June 2021 guilty plea for aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and filing a false tax return, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Conspired with non-tribal tobacco distributor to launder proceeds of a scheme to evade millions of dollars in taxes on smokeless tobacco products.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will burn slash piles during the upcoming months in Beaverhead, Lewis and Clark, and Jefferson counties, near Wise River, Clancy, Marysville, and Rader Creek.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Michael Rand, 36, of Rochester, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to distribution of fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the following statement on the November Producer Price Index (PPI) hitting record levels, rising to 9.6 percent over the 12 months ended in November.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA - 90 days have passed since a major federal disaster was declared for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after the Remnants of Hurricane Ida left many Pennsylvanians with losses and damage. On Sept. 10, 2021 President Biden signed the declaration that allowed FEMA to assist. The declaration provided Individual Assistance (IA) for eight (8) counties: Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and York.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: NOAA’s 2021 Arctic Report Card documents the numerous ways that climate change continues to fundamentally alter this once reliably-frozen region, as increasing heat and the loss of ice drive its transformation into a warmer, less frozen and more uncertain future.
