News from December 2021
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - Planning a trip to Zion National Park? On and after April 1, 2022, hikers going to Angels Landing will need a permit. The National Park Service (NPS) will issue permits using online lotteries at Recreation.gov. The first lottery opens on Jan. 3, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A criminal complaint has been filed charging Amar Salim Shabazz, age 23, of Owings Mills, Maryland, for the federal charges of mail fraud and obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged distribution of fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - A Rocky Mount man was arrested yesterday on charges of selling firearms to felons and making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers to purchase the firearms.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Today, USAID commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities and joins our partners in recognizing the dignity, achievements, and essential contributions of the world’s one billion persons with disabilities. With an estimated 15 percent of the global population living with some form of disability,...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned a multiple-count indictment in connection with the production of fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards, the first such criminal prosecution in the District of South Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Mercer County resident has been sentenced in federal court to nine years’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release on her conviction of Distribution of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Gary Frantz, 69, a Mansfield-area physician at the time of the offense conduct, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 on Dec. 2, 2021, by Judge Benita Y. Pearson after Frantz pleaded guilty earlier this year to illegally, and without medical necessity, prescribing powerful painkillers.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Joe Darling, joe_darling@nps.gov, (240) 405-5916. Thurmont, Md. -Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed at approximately 3 p.m. on Friday, December 3. Closures are scheduled to continue through approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 5, 2021. Park Central...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Conrad Lucero, 71, of Mesita, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 28 to four years in prison for sexual abuse in Indian Country. Lucero is a former governor of the Laguna Pueblo.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: AUBURN, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced two fuel reduction projects to begin on Monday to help prevent wildfires within the Auburn State Recreation Area. The projects are part of a five-year fire prevention/fuels reduction plan. Reclamation, Cal Fire, Placer County Resource Conservation District, and the California Conservation Corps are working together to focus treatments on areas near public facilities and residences.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency for implementing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Guatemalan national was sentenced today to 172 months in prison for his role as a maritime transportation manager in a large-scale Guatemalan drug trafficking organization (DTO).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE- Torrence Larry, 44, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was convicted of federal drug and gun charges on Dec. 2, 2021, following a three-day jury trial before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a joint press release by the U.S. Department of State and the European External Action Service.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CARLOS WALKER, age 31, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count indictment with possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kansas, returned an indictment against a Kansas man on charges related to drug trafficking and firearms.
