News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - James King, age 33, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: Topic: Investment Opportunities in Egypt’s Green Economy.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: PEARL, Miss. - Mississippi homeowners, renters, business owners and nonprofits in Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson counties who had property damage or other uninsured losses caused by Hurricane Ida have less than two weeks left to apply for federal disaster assistance.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement following last night’s passage of the Alexander Lofgran Veterans in Parks Act as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which permanently waives national park fees for veterans and gold star families.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to charges related to unemployment insurance benefit fraud schemes, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- A Dublin, Virginia man, who illegally possessed a pair of firearms and methamphetamine, was sentenced this week to 81 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: DURANGO - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Dennis Yarbrough, 49, of Durango, Colorado, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally possessing six firearms following a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in the Revitalization and Reuse of Contaminated Properties":
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - An ongoing federal investigation into the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago has resulted in criminal charges against three former members of the bank’s Board of Directors who allegedly conspired to obstruct regulators and falsify bank records.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Grants for Project Safe Neighborhoods partners tops $2.75 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Quentin Simon, a/k/a "Q", 37, of Manchester, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge convicted a Reston businessman yesterday on a series of fraud charges relating to a bankruptcy case in which he discharged over $6 million in personal debt.
By Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2021
The U.S. will not be sending officials to the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing due to ongoing human rights issues in the Peoples Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Mark R. Driscoll of Hayden, Idaho appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date. Driscoll pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Driscoll was previously indicted by a federal grand jury on March 3, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Carthage, Missouri, husband and wife were sentenced in federal court today for their involvement in a five-year-long scheme to embezzle more than $235,000 from a Joplin, Mo., business owner.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Pharmacist and Two Pharmacies Agree to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Anti-Overdose Drug.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: A methamphetamine user who illegally possessed a loaded handgun was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is extremely happy to announce the arrest of another “Fugitive of the Week" by police officers in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to two years in prison and ordered to pay $490,000 in restitution for making false statements on a loan application.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) issued a combined $1,319,980 funding award to the University of Southern California (USC) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) for the S&T Analysis and Management of Innovation...
