News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: $326,903 Awarded For Projects In The State Of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - 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 Arizona Criminal Justice Commission was awarded $379,981 to administer PSN grant funds in the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVONTE DEJEAN, age 27, of New Orleans, was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2021 by United States District Judge Greg G. Guidry after previously pleading guilty to drug and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: $108,584.00 Awarded for projects in the Western District of Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - PA -- A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 26-year-old Laredo resident is set to appear in federal court on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two of the 19 defendants convicted in a Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy were sentenced in federal court this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jay Elhage, age 39, of Palermo, New York, was convicted yesterday of distribution, receipt, attempted receipt, and possession of child pornography following a three-day jury trial in federal court in Binghamton, New York. The jury convicted Elhage of all 6 counts alleged in the superseding...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park will celebrate its 50th year as a national park on Dec. 18, 2021 with the celebration continuing throughout 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - The U.S. 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 Wisconsin Department of Justice was awarded $121,494 in PSN grant funds to administer in the Western District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of carjacking was sentenced on December 9, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell released the agency’s “2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan" today, outlining a bold vision and three ambitious goals designed to address key challenges the agency faces during a pivotal moment in the field of emergency management.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: $92,442 Awarded to fiscal agent in the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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 Justice and Public Safety Cabinet of Kentucky was awarded $131,086 to administer PSN grant funds in the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - On December 8, 2021, a federal grand jury indictment was unsealed charging Bruce Franklin and Kristie Meeks with the armed robberies of several cellular telephone stores located in the city of St. Louis. Both suspects are in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut unsealed a criminal complaint accusing a former aerospace outsourcing executive of participating in a long-running conspiracy with managers and executives of several outsource engineering suppliers (Suppliers) to restrict the hiring and recruiting of engineers and other skilled laborers among their respective companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced today in connection with two fentanyl distribution conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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 North Carolina Gang Investigators Association was awarded $191,588 to administer the PSN grant funds in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson man with prior felony convictions was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegally transporting and selling 16 firearms for over $8,000 on four occasions beginning in July 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Seattle, WA - The U.S. Marshals Service in the Western District of Washington are alerting the public of a warrant phone scam where scammers claim to be U.S. Marshals and call unsuspecting victims telling them they have outstanding warrants and need to pay fine amounts to prevent arrest.
