News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a St. Thomas woman pleaded guilty today to engaging in disorderly conduct on United States Postal Service property and was sentenced to two years’ probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ERIC MALLEY, the founder and former chief executive officer of real estate private equity investment firm MG Capital Management L.P., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A pair of Roanoke men, who conspired with others to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, at least 100 grams of heroin, and 40 grams or more of both fentanyl and cocaine, were sentenced last week to more than 10 years each in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Maurice Antonio Bull, age 43, of Seaford, Delaware, pleaded guilty today to interstate travel in aid of racketeering and to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, in connection with Bull accepting bribes to smuggle contraband into Eastern Correctional Institution.
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 2, 2021
A former youth football coach in Norwell, Massachusetts charged with sexually assaulting minors has recently been sentenced to 45 years in prison and five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City man was found guilty today of being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm to facilitate distribution of heroin on the streets of New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Upton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to possessing child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - Luquillo, Fajardo and Naguabo are the most recent municipalities to join the over 67 recreational plazas that will be transformed with $9.7 million. This approval of federal funds by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be used to repair damage caused by Hurricane María and will include hazard mitigation measures for future disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Antwan Taylor, 28, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. Chief District Judge James D. Peterson to 5 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Taylor pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 13, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zachary Musilli, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Third Superseding Indictment Adds Defendant to Case; He is Now Among Eight Arrested in Attack on Police.
By Glenn Minnis | Dec 2, 2021
Empire State Development has recently received additional funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Build America Bureau for the construction of the Farley Building Transportation Project, also known as Moynihan Train Hall, in New York City.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A pair of Roanoke men, who conspired with others to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, at least 100 grams of heroin, and 40 grams or more of both fentanyl and cocaine, were sentenced last week to more than 10 years each in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who admitted to inducing a minor girl in Pennsylvania to send him sexually explicit photographs of herself was sentenced today to 25 years in prison to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today implemented air traffic procedure changes for Boston Logan International Airport that will reduce the impact from aircraft overflight noise.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Henry Schien, Inc., (“HSI") a wholesale medical distributor based in Long Island, New York, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve civil penalty claims arising from its improper distribution of opioids and other controlled substances to medical and dental practitioners in five states in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: The United States commends Australia on passing legislation that strengthens its sanctions regime to address more comprehensively human rights abuses, corruption, malicious cyber activity, violations of international humanitarian law, and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferation globally - all of which threaten international peace and security. The new legislation will enhance U.S.-Australia cooperation on defending human rights and combatting corruption.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting pile burning projects in Shasta and Siskiyou counties during favorable conditions through Dec. 10. The small, hand-built piles of tree branches and brush are from earlier fuels reduction projects to reduce wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface, public lands adjacent to community development.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, West Virginia, for the construction of a new 12,000-square foot medical training facility.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Enduring Security Framework (ESF) experts from the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published their third installment of guidance to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data within a 5G core cloud infrastructure.
