News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: FORT SMITH - The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services...
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding recent events in Sudan, including reports of the use of military equipment and excessive force against peaceful pro-democracy protestors.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing...
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
Release: On Dec. 20, the United States Navy 5th Fleet seized upwards of 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a vessel originating from Iran. This ship was on a route historically used to illegally smuggle weapons to the Houthis in Yemen. The smuggling of arms from Iran to the Houthis...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: To celebrate his holiday and honor of the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his call for service to the community, the National Park Service and the Friends of Indiana Dunes are sponsoring a food drive. In most years, the park offers a program and volunteer project for the Martin...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
Release: Dec. 23, 2021 - Dr. Osama A. El-Lissy, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) received the for Meritorious Executive. The Presidential Rank Awards recognize a select group of senior career employees for their significant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: Media Relations Director Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726 or Kelly.Thornton@usdoj.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling over $40 million to enhance services for victims of crime across the United States. The grants build on more than $1.2 billion in funding announced in September to support victim assistance and victim compensation programs administered by states and territories.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: CHALMETTE, LA: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is pleased to announce the commemoration of the 207th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, taking place on-site for the first time since 2020.Battle of New Orleans anniversary events at Chalmette Battlefield will be highlighted by...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Gulfport man was sentenced to a total of 157 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that KENYA BUTLER-SMALL was charged on Dec. 21, 2021 with two counts of wire fraud for conduct alleged to have occurred while she was employed by Amtrak as an On-board Services Train Attendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced almost $87 million in funding to combat human trafficking, provide supportive services to trafficking victims throughout the United States and conduct research into the nature and causes of labor and sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Bobby Louis Lesane, Jr. (37, Fort Myers) to 13 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Dec. 22, 2021, TERRENCE ROLLINS, age 41, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced in the United States District Court after pleading guilty to a two count Superseding Indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: “We are aware of the news that Gary Lee Sampson has died. Our thoughts are with the Rizzo, McCloskey and Whitney families today. Their resilience is extraordinary.".
By DOE Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a second exchange of 250,000 barrels of crude oil for release to Marathon Petroleum Company from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This release falls under the authorization published in the DOE announcement on Nov. 23, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty to unlawful transportation of an alien within the United States (aiding and abetting), announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, Jason E. Schneider, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector, and Vernon Bison, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2021
News Release: Appearing on a criminal complaint on Dec. 23 was: Jeramiah Kayson Gohde, 24, of Belgrade, on charges of prohibited person in possession of a firearm. If convicted of the most serious crime, Gohde faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Gohde was ...
