News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Nevada woman today admitted allegations that she brought a minor girl to Billings for commercial sex activity, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Meridian man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering based on schemes to defraud his employer, Fry Foods, Inc., during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Fruita, CO - U.S. Park Ranger Sean Nelb from Colorado National Monument was recognized by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia as the 2019 Honor Graduate. Usually an annual event, the ceremony was conducted jointly with the 2020 Honor Graduate ceremony as the 2019 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leadership from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), FLETC, and the National Park Service presented the award.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Newark, NJ - The U.S. Marshals Service has conducted an enforcement initiative focusing on the location and arrest of non-compliant sex offenders with active failure to register warrants from Passaic County, NJ. This enforcement initiative, dubbed Operation “Cold Turkey," resulted in the arrest of 16...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cedar Grove man pleaded guilty today to federal drug crimes.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Bernard Murphy Was Released from Prison Early in 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Flower Mound Hospital to Pay $18.2 Million to Settle Federal and State False Claims Act Allegations Arising from Improper Inducements to Referring Physicians.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was arrested today for stealing mail, including stealing credit cards and stimulus checks from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Samantha Metzner as the 2022 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP).
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I want to convey our warm wishes to the people of the United Arab Emirates as you mark the Golden Jubilee of your nation.
By Press release submission | Dec 2, 2021
A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man with a prior felony conviction today admitted participating in straw purchases to obtain firearms that he was not permitted to purchase, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through Feb. 18, 2022...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Brendan Francis Kavanaugh, age 53, of Fort Meade, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of State announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia González, an alleged senior leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). CJNG is one of Mexico’s most violent and prolific...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Nampa man pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Avon Allen, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a stolen firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on challenges faced by small businesses.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Ann, thank you so very much. Thank you for today. Thank you for the last year for your leadership as the OSCE chairperson. And thank you as well to the OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid, wonderful to be with you again. The United States deeply appreciates the work that you’ve done and we also fully support the incoming chair - Zbigniew, congratulations, I think - (laughter) - as Poland takes the helm in 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dwayne Sherman, age 47, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was charged in an eight-count superseding indictment on Dec. 1, 2021, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
