News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - A Brazilian national was sentenced today to 60 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Vincent Michael Perez, age 36, of Watertown, South Dakota, was found guilty of one count of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography and one count of Transportation of Child Pornography as a result of a federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) invites the public to register for outdoor ranger-guided activities throughout the upcoming winter and spring seasons. Visit Calendar - Cuyahoga Valley National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) for a full listing of activities and registration links.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed 31 years ago, it provided historic civil rights protections for disabled Americans. Grounded in the four core outcomes of full participation, equal opportunity, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency, the ADA prohibits discrimination...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sarah Creachbaum, a 22-year National Park Service (NPS) veteran was named today as the agency’s new regional director for Alaska. Creachbaum comes to the role from Olympic National Park in Washington where she has served as the park’s superintendent since 2012. She begins her new role on January 16.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - On Dec. 2, 2021, Zaimen Lambert, of Michie, TN, was arrested in Corinth, MS, after a U.S. Marshals fugitive investigation led the Corinth Police Department to his location. He was taken into custody after a barricade.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A civilian pharmacist at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, was charged in federal court today with assaulting his supervisor with a knife and stabbing him multiple times.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA - Homeowners and renters who have uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida in Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and York counties have only one week left to apply for disaster assistance.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Eduardo Contreras, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced on Thursday to 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Joshua Maywalt (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of filing a false federal income tax return, and two counts of failing to file federal income tax returns. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - William Brett Brownell, 30, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced to an 8-month consecutive prison term after pleading guilty to charges of possession of contraband by a federal prisoner, introduction of contraband to a federal prison, and escape. The sentence was announced today by Jason R. Coody, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Brandon Fitzgerald-Holley, age 32, of Suitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in relation to COVID-19 loan fraud.

By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America Bureau (the Bureau) has provided a direct Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan in the amount of up to $338.6 million to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel District for the construction of the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) crossing.

By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2021
Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited the Port of Los Angeles to discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s historic economic growth and the easing of supply chain disruptions.