News from December 2021
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 Rachael A. Honig announced a South Carolina man today admitted conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including five pistols and one rifle, in and around Essex County, New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding Judge Trevor McFadden’s ruling in the Committee’s case to access former President Donald Trump’s tax information...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Chester Gordon Whitescarver and his wife, Betsy Whitescarver, who have owned and managed rental properties in and around Russellville, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $230,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment issued by a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, was unsealed charging former Amite City Police Chief Jerry Trabona and current Amite City Councilmember Kristian Hart with criminally violating federal election laws as part of a scheme to pay for votes in a federal election.
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: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey-based attorney was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for evading more than $250,000 in federal taxes on income generated from his law firm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for sparing your time to be with us, Kompas TV. I am Frisca. Really great to see you.
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 Press release submission | Dec 14, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $10 million cooperative agreement to American Institutes for Research to strengthen the labor mediation process in Mexico, by increasing transparency in labor disputes and improving the country’s labor justice system.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Dec 14, 2021
The Biden-Harris administration today released its semi-annual agenda of regulations required by Executive Order 12866.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jacob A. Willox, 28, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Living History programs are back at De Soto National Memorial. Starting January 6, 2022 at Camp Uzita come see history come alive. Programs will be held Thursdays through Sundays from 10:00 am until 3:30 PM. There will be historical talks, weapon and tool demonstrations, and interactive displays. Programs will run through out the winter and spring. call 941-792-0458 for details. School groups are welcome, please call to reserve a time.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Two Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun with an obliterated serial number.
