News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Luis Gerardo Palacios, age 31, of Denver, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. -The Bureau of Land Management plans to capture and remove up to 25 wild horses from the Carter Reservoir Herd Management Area, which are posing dangers as they roam in search of food and water along California State Route 299, east of Cedarville.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well good morning, everyone. It is a particular pleasure to have Malala here at the State Department in Washington. Thank you so much for visiting with us. As I think many, many people know, Malala is truly an inspiration - an inspiration to us, an inspiration to girls and women around...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old rural Houston resident has admitted he murdered a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier while she was in the performance of her official duties, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Yvette L. Fontenot, 54, of Carencro, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 14 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for using or trafficking in an unauthorized access device. Fontenot was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $149,461.48.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: The Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the Department of State, is designating Alain Mukonda for providing support to sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler as well as 12 entities linked to Mukonda, or companies associated with him, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gibraltar. These...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations Subcommittee, and Rep. Jamie Raskin...
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to carry out a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Earlier this year, Congressman McCaul joined a bipartisan group in urging the administration to find a different location for the Winter Games given the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights abuses, including genocide.
By Zachary Richter | Dec 6, 2021
Nearly $1 billion in grants have been awarded by the Biden administration through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grants program for improving America's infrastructure.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the establishment of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) that will award up to $400 million for emergency food assistance purchases of domestic local foods. Utilizing American Rescue Plan funds...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Amitkumar Patel, age 42, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced on Dec. 3, 2021 to 96 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release, Patel will serve a 10-year term of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Hartford, Conn.- A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Stamford (Fairfield County) opens at 8 a.m. Dec. 7, to help Connecticut residents affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Raimonte Gordon Gaston, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O'Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that on Friday, Dec. 3, Nichole Genz, 41, Evansville, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Madison.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Just a 30-minute drive from the White House is another estate - a six-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion outfitted with a movie theater and a seven-car garage. When the home was purchased in 2010, it wasn’t immediately clear who the new owner was. The purchase, according to a civil forfeiture complaint, was made via private trust.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DENNIS ANTHONY SZANTYR, JR., 47, of Prospect, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk accepted a plea of guilty from former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Brad Stephens for 3 counts of Mail Fraud by obtaining taxpayer moneys from the Tower Grove South Concerned Citizen Special Business District (“Tower Grove South") by means of material false representations. Sentencing is scheduled for March 11, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former Garden City, Ga., clinic owner and CEO has admitted to laundering money in connection with a notorious “pill mill" doctor who illegally dispensed massive amounts of controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Doug Gines, 50, of Hanford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Doug Gines, 50, of Hanford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
