News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to eight years and six months in prison after assaulting and robbing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who was delivering mail in North Las Vegas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Timothy M. Burgess to over seven years in federal prison for possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Gian Carol Clemente Pangilinan, 25, was found guilty after a three-day federal jury trial in January 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Bath man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for wire fraud, money laundering, transferring property to prevent seizure, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia Engineering have discovered a new method to improve the toughness of materials that could lead to stronger versions of body armor, bulletproof glass and other ballistic equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Havelock man was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for conspiracy and distribution-related offenses involving over one kilogram of heroin. On June 30, 2021, Daryl Godette was convicted of all charges following a three-day jury trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced the 60 finalists for the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $1 billion “Build Back Better Regional Challenge" - the marquee of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs - that aims to boost economic pandemic recovery and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of SYLVIA ASH, a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, and former chair of the Board of Directors of Municipal Credit Union (“MCU"), for conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of...
By Art Benavidez | Dec 13, 2021
The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee Erik Adrian Hooks as FEMA's deputy administrator.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Cory Thompson, age 44, of Fruita, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $1.9 million in restitution for wire fraud.
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 13, 2021
At least nine US State Department employees' Apple iPhones were reportedly hacked by unknown individuals using malware created by Israel's NSO Group
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Mississippi - A Pike County man was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - All seven defendants charged in relation to a more than $50 million securities fraud “pump-and-dump" scheme have received their final sentences, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Taniya Williams, 22, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio after pleading guilty to the felony offense of making false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Mississippi - A Pike County man was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Marshals are offering up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted by the Havelock Police Department on an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury charge following an Oct. 9 shooting incident that left one person dead and another injured at a Havelock, N.C., bar.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, NM, Dec. 13, 2021 - Mark your calendars. The days are about to start getting longer.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 13, 2021
The first U.S.-Kenya Cyber Dialogue, which addressed issues each country is facing due to cybercrime and the need for cybersecurity, was held Dec, 1.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Dec. 13, 2021] - Visitors to Glacier National Park in 2022 can expect to use a ticket system to access portions of the park from May 27 through Sept. 11, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Nampa woman pleaded guilty to failure to account for and pay over employment tax.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding and tornadoes beginning Dec. 10, 2021, and continuing.
