News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is extremely happy to announce the arrest of two more “Fugitives of the Week" in two states.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that THIERNO O. BAH, age 30, a resident of New York, New York, was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2021 by U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to 54 months in prison for his role in a criminal conspiracy that involved using false passports to defraud banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Organization Responsible for Distributing 4.5+ Kilos of Meth in Eisenhower Pkwy Drug Case.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a final rule amending the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations to implement a requirement for contingency plans for the handling of animals during emergencies. This lifts a ...
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Robert Scott, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, currently serves as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs covering Peace and Security Affairs and Public Diplomacy/Public Affairs. He was previously the Ambassador of the United States...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A Southwest Texas man was sentenced Dec. 2 to 10 years in prison for possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula woman had an initial appearance on Dec. 1 on a criminal complaint accusing her of trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement officers seized 17 pounds of the drug, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
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 $1.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc., Roxbury, Massachusetts, to expand a workforce training facility and strengthen the local economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: This hearing comes at a critical and fascinating time in the U.S.-China trade relationship. Later next week will mark the 20th anniversary of China officially joining the World Trade Organization.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today slammed Democrats’ proposal to foster more unaccountable bureaucracy at the Office of Personnel Management. In his statement at the committee’s markup of the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Oyekanmi Oworu, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: Private exporters report sales of: * 164,100 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year. * 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - A mayor pleaded guilty yesterday in Puerto Rico on a criminal charge related to his involvement in a bribery conspiracy in which he received weekly cash payments in exchange for awarding municipal contracts to “Company A." In a separate indictment, a businessman was arrested today on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in a scheme to bribe the mayor.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM ) Senior Advisor William “Ike" White presented Pam Marks of the Savannah River Site (SRS) with the DOE’s Federal Project Director of the Year Award for 2020 during his visit to the site today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Luke Colton Cunningham, of Cameron, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug a charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, it’s a great pleasure to have you with us.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Aided in the Submission of More Than 40 Fraudulent Tax Returns and Hosted “Tax School" at which She Taught Prospective Tax Preparers How to Compose Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
Release: The National Space Council meeting chaired by Vice President Harris reaffirmed our national commitment to exploring and developing outer space in a sustainable, equitable, and peaceful manner. The newly released Space Priorities Framework provides the American people and the international community with...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Durrell Tyler and DeShawn Johnson have been sentenced for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft related to their use of stolen identities to open accounts with credit card companies and various retailers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against York County Prison personnel related to the death of Everett Palmer Jr.
