News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Anchorage Couple Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Drugs and Money Laundering

News Release: ANCHORAGE - Two people were sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to federal prison for distributing drugs and money laundering.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Jersey City Man Found Guilty of Being Felon in Possession of a Firearm While Distributing Heroin

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.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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.


Federal Jury Finds Sequoyah County Resident Guilty Of Five Counts Of Sexual Abuse Of A Minor In Indian Country

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Michael Allen Farris, age 48, of Bunch, Oklahoma, was found guilty by a federal jury of five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153, 2243(a), and 2246(2)(A).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), ...


Indictment Charges 4 Hartford Men with Committing Violent Robberies of AT&T Stores

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging ALEX JOSEPHS, 21;...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


UPDATED: US Department of Labor cites one of the nation's largest pork processors for exposing workers to repetitive motion injuries, placing essential workers at risk

News Release: GUYMON, OK - A Guymon processing and packing facility - operated by one of the nation's largest pork processors - failed to prevent workers from being exposed to repetitive motion injuries and did not record injuries that needed more than basic first-aid.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


News Release: Two doctors who helped a local hospice agency scam Medicare were sentenced today to a combined 23 years in prison for healthcare fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Pekin Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin, Illinois, man, Daniel W. Dawe, 48, of the 1600 block of Crescent Drive has been sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in the Bureau of Prisons, to be followed by 8 years of supervised release for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.


Two Malden Men Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

News Release: BOSTON - Two Malden men were indicted yesterday in connection with trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine disguised as Adderall, Xanax or oxycodone in and around the Malden area.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a seven page rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Dickenson County, Virginia man was sentenced today to 130 months of total incarceration for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and violating the terms of his supervised release.