News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Randal Jason Newell, 41, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Corpus Christi, TX - A 26-week-long, large-scale multi-agency law enforcement operation led by the Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force, focused on wanted gang members and firearms related offenders, has concluded.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations Subcommittee, and Rep. Jamie Raskin...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Randal Jason Newell, 41, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marquis Hicks, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 54 months for his role in a conspiracy involving the illegal purchase and transportation of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Today, the White House released the first ever U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption. The Strategy recognizes that curbing corruption, and related illicit acts, starts with limiting the ability of kleptocrats, corrupt actors, and transnational criminal organizations to use the United States and other...
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s video call tomorrow. While amassing troops and military equipment on Ukraine’s border, Putin has demanded the U.S. make assurances that NATO will not expand further eastward and that the alliance will limit its military activity near Russia’s border, specifically in Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted two New York City men last week on charges of carjacking, armed robbery and possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today it has reached an agreement with the Town of Wolcott, Connecticut, to settle a lawsuit alleging that the Town violated the Fair Housing Act when it refused to allow the operation of a group home for adults with disabilities in a residential neighborhood.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a new Master Question List (MQL) for Synthetic Opioids. The MQL is a reference guide to assist emergency responders and the research community by providing critical and scientifically-vetted information...
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 6, 2021
Roshan Operations LLC has agreed to pay a $101,027 penalty after authorities discovered the employer jeopardized minors' safety by allowing them to engage in unlawful or hazardous activities.
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 6, 2021
A Bronx man has recently pleaded guilty to murdering Jorge Miguel Cabrera during a failed drug deal, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a press release issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - John Benjamin Thornton, 40, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Dec. 3 to a nine-count superseding indictment charging him with cyberstalking and making threats in interstate commerce. He will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a garment wholesaling company in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for scheming to undervalue imported garments and avoid paying millions of dollars in duties to the United States, failing to report millions of dollars in income on tax returns, and failing to report large cash transactions to the federal government.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Virtual. MODERATOR: We are honored to host today, Administrator Samantha Power of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. Throughout her career, she has been an ally and advocate, elevating issues impacting young people all around the world. We are really excited to have her...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Threatened Bombings and Mass Shooting That Would Make the 2016 Orlando Pulse Nightclub Attack “Look Like a Cakewalk".
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gunner Scott Young, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years of probation for a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
