News from December 2021
By Karen Kidd | Dec 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s $13 million in funding for projects designed to reduce emissions and energy costs at 17 federal facilities “is leading by example,” Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm said in a Dec. 1 press release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Westmoreland County, PA, was sentenced in federal court following his convictions for conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, health care fraud, and conspiracy to distribute Schedule IV controlled substances, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today on racketeering charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing on “Examining the Worldwide Threat of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Other Foreign Terrorist Organizations" by blasting Committee Democrats for refusing to hold a hearing on President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal...
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Hello, everyone. I want to thank you all for joining us during a week that we hope is striking fear into the hearts of corrupt actors and officials everywhere.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM is set to complete the 69th building demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project early next year when crews finish knocking down the last structure standing that supported operations at the former Main Plant Process Building.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 123,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation, released the following statement after the National Defense Authorization Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: FARGO - Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Zachary Ronzell Mitchell, age 30, Fargo, ND, to 72 months in federal prison for Interfere with Commerce by Threats and Violence - Hobbs Act Robbery. Chief Judge Welte also sentenced Mitchell to 3 years supervised release and a $100 Special Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Antwone Francis, 31, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: The Department of Energy was seeking public comment on (C2M2). This comment period ended on Feb. 10, 2022. The request for information in the Federal Register provided detailed instructions on the information requested and the comment process. (Note: A second notice extended the original comment period to February 10.).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, held a hearing to examine the worldwide threat posed by al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and other foreign terrorist organizations. The hearing also examined the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach, in coordination with international allies and partners, to counter the evolving foreign terrorism threat.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men have been sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to time in federal prison for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Both defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in Lafayette on Jan. 13, 2021 for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Missiles and Petroleum Products Were Property of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or a Source of Influence over Terror Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that it has closed its investigation into a witness’s alleged recantation of her account of the events leading up to the murder of Emmett Till. The investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Jeffrey Thomas Ostdiek, 56, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for impersonating a federal officer. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Ostdiek to 17 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Ostdiek will serve a 1-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Two Universal Aryan Brotherhood influential gang members pleaded guilty Tuesday for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that committed acts of murder, kidnapping, the trafficking of methamphetamine and firearms, money laundering, assault, and robbery throughout the State of Oklahoma, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Fredrick J. Morgan, Sr., 65 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Morelia, Mexico pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 16 months in jail on his conviction of illegal reentry of a removed alien, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of First Amendment rights on college campuses.
