News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Nicolae Gindac, age 52, of Dania Beach, Florida, yesterday to 54 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, in connection with a conspiracy to steal and deposit checks intended for religious institutions. Judge Chuang also ordered Gindac to pay restitution, along with co-conspirators, in the amount of $1,096,660.11.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to supplement the tribe’s efforts in the areas affected by wildfires from July 12 to Aug. 8, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Lindsey Cox, 37, of Swanton, Vermont, was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2021 in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont. Cox previously had pleaded guilty to conspiring to acquire controlled substances by fraud and theft in connection with healthcare.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.3 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is now a monthly release as current changes in data no longer warrant a biweekly data collection, and we work to reduce respondent burden. This phase includes updated vaccination questions...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Regrettably, USS Arizona Memorial programs remain discontinued until after the first of the year. Navy Facilities (NAVFAC) is reassessing and making necessary shoreside loading dock repairs. Until this work is completed, USS Arizona Memorial tours cannot be safely conducted. We are looking forward to repairs and program resumption in the new year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Gonzalez (49, Kissimmee) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute one kilogram of fentanyl. The Court also ordered Gonzalez-Gonzalez to forfeit a vehicle used to facilitate the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Richard Stenhouse, 76, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Williams M. Skretny to filing a false tax return. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced it would extend the pause on student loan repayments yet again...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: WACO - U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas announced today that defense contractor Maytag Aircraft Corporation (“Maytag") has agreed to pay $1,901,200.96 to resolve allegations the company negligently caused a jet fuel spill at Fort Hood’s Robert Gray Army Airfield Bulk Storage and Hydrant Facility (“RGAAF") and made false statements to federal investigators to avoid contractual liability for the cleanup costs.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Residents of Jefferson and Shelby counties in Alabama who were affected by the severe storms and flooding that occurred Oct. 6-7, 2021, may apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: In recognition of the federal holidays, the Visitor Center (including restrooms) at Sitka NHP will be closed.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Committee on Homeland Security Chair Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Transportation & Maritime Security Subcommittee Chair Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), and Aviation Subcommittee Chair Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent letters...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Shelby (R-AL), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Jim Risch...
By Art Benavidez | Dec 22, 2021
Brazilian authorities aided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted an investigation leading to the arrest of four men involved in online threats, hate crimes and the planning of mass casualty attacks.
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to licenses issued by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control today that provide broad sanctions carveouts that could benefit the Taliban.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling nearly $141 million to help protect children from exploitation, trauma and abuse, while also funding improvements in the judicial system’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - The 27-year-old Spring man convicted of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization has been ordered to prison for 12 years following reversal of original sentence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Eliseo Barrera-Peraza, 50, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Barrera-Peraza to 78...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management will host a roundtable-style webinar focused on the new program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provides $250 million to identify and remediate orphaned wells on federal lands. The BLM will lead the creation of the program, which is set to be established by Jan. 14, 2022.
