News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: EL CAJON, Calif. -- On Dec. 2, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Narcotic Task Force and El Cajon Police Department executed a state search warrant at a warehouse located at 1478 Fayette Street in El Cajon. Investigators uncovered an active and sophisticated hexane hash oil extraction laboratory operation.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 122,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging BRIAN...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Leveraging IIJA: Plans for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Anchorage returned an indictment charging two men from Seward, Alaska, with disposing of fifteen 55-gallon drums of an oily substance at the Granite Creek Recreation Area in the Chugach National Forest and causing the contents to leak.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes to the people of Thailand as you celebrate your National Day.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on draft guidance to promote the use of wind and solar energy on public lands. The proposed update would reduce acreage rental rates and capacity fees for existing and new wind and solar energy authorizations on public lands. Once finalized, the updated guidance will provide enhanced financial and regulatory predictability for solar and wind energy projects authorized on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A North Carolina man previously convicted for conspiring to steal trade secrets from aircraft manufacturing companies faces additional prison time after a federal jury convicted him for committing perjury in his prior case and for providing false statements to a government agency, namely the FBI.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) requested yesterday that Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas Calio provide clarity on how airlines managed funds provided to them under the Payroll Support Program (PSP) and what effect these funds have had on airlines’ recent operational capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMAL BATISTE, 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for illegally possessing ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: SAN JOSE -Ole Hougen was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife on a street in Santa Cruz, Calif. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Edward J. Davila, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Daytona Beach drug trafficker, Maxwell A. Vega, pled guilty today in federal court in Ft. Pierce to one count of distribution of over 50 grams of methamphetamine, one count of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of distribution of fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the United States’ intention to join the Joint Declaration on the Advancement of Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment Within Trade for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference...
By Frank Macchiarola | Dec 3, 2021
The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued the following statement from Senior Vice President of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs Frank Macchiarola on the publication of the Department of the Interior’s review of the federal oil and gas leasing program.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Leveraging IIJA: Plans for...
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. “Since the end of Sri Lanka’s almost 30-year civil war, this committee has demonstrated an interest in ensuring that U.S. policy continue to support reconciliation and accountability, while also addressing the root causes of the conflict. We strongly urge the State Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND-John Russell Bellhouse appeared today in federal court to face the charge of sexual abuse of a prison ward, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Los Angeles Field Office Special Agent in Charge Zachary Shroyer, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Shooting Led to Death of Popular Swim Coach.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Friend who profited from trading on privileged information also gets prison sentence.
