News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Timothy Wade Veres III (25, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Veres has also been ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung today announced that local government agencies in four western Pennsylvania counties will receive more than $1.5 million in Department of Justice grants to address substance use disorder (SUD) and to equip police with body-worn cameras.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr. today announced $1,000,000 in a Department of Justice grant to prevent school violence from occurring at schools in North Carolina. The grant was awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to Robeson County Teen Court and Youth Services in Lumberton, North Carolina. The grant is part of the Department of Justice’s STOP School Violence Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Sentences. Chief United Stated District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced ALLEN DAVID JENEROU, 35, of Gillette, Wyoming, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jenerou was arrested in Torrington, Wyoming on July 1, 2021. He received 140 months imprisonment, to be followed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456 and Megan Rossi (619) 546-9661.
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
Release: The United States is working tirelessly with the international community to ensure humanitarian assistance and other essential support flows to the people of Afghanistan to support those in need. During Fiscal Year 2021, the United States provided nearly $474 million in humanitarian aid in Afghanistan...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: MONTROSE, CO - Today, the National Park Service released information about a comprehensive planning effort that would provide long-term direction to preserve wilderness and backcountry resources while offering a spectrum of visitor opportunities at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Michael Lee Aurandt (50, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing materials depicting the sexual abuse of children over the internet. He faces a minimum mandatory term of 5 years, and up to, 20 years in federal prison on each count and a potential lifetime term of supervised release. Aurandt was arrested on Aug. 27, 2021, and was ordered detained pending trial. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Dover, TN - In recognition of the Christmas and New Years Day holidays, all park buildings and visitor services of Fort Donelson National Battlefield, including the park’s visitor center and the Dover Hotel/ “Surrender House," will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, and Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 22, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized federal greenhouse gas emission standards that are the “most ambitious vehicle emissions standards for greenhouse gases ever established for the light-duty vehicle sector in the United States.”
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
Release: Today, the U.S. Department of State announces the public designation of former Maltese public officials Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri due to their involvement in significant corruption. In their official capacities as Minister of Energy and Conservation of Water and Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Springfield was sentenced today in connection with using another individual’s identity to fraudulently obtain government benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Rinehardt, age 21 of Statesville, North Carolina, was sentenced on Dec. 21, 2021 to 111 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for a robbery spree.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Convicted felon sold ghost guns to undercover agent on multiple occasions.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Flagstaff, Arizona - Beginning January 2nd, 2022 Walnut Canyon National Monument will transition from an individual entry fee of $15 per person to a $25 dollar per vehicle fee.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-37. Dec. 22, 2021To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective Sept. 30, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) declared eradication of the giant African snail (GAS) in Florida and removed all quarantine areas for GAS.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Art Benavidez | Dec 22, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently drafted a new chemical review protocol for hazardous materials to address “incomplete and hard to follow documentation” present in the 2018 Application of Systematic Review in Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Evaluations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Stanley, Virginia man, who was found to be in possession of almost 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, a.380 pistol, and more than $30,000 in cash in November 2019, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2021
News Release: Flagstaff, Arizona - The National Park Service is seeking public input on the Draft Backcountry Management Plan and associated environmental assessment (EA) for Wupatki National Monument. The purpose of this Plan is to provide protection and preservation of irreplaceable resources and wilderness character, while establishing long-term direction for public access and experiences to be had in eligible wilderness and other backcountry lands of the Monument.
