News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Receipt of Child Pornography, and Possession of Child Pornography.
By Luke Rogers | Dec 21, 2021
The U.S. population grew at a slower rate in 2021 than in any other year since the founding of the nation, based on historical decennial censuses and annual population estimates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: Defendant Trafficked Heroin into the United States for Violent Mexican Drug Cartel.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The workforce at EM 's West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) completed its annual food drive after 15 employees volunteered to deliver more than 119,000 pounds of food, including 400 turkeys, to nine area food pantries. This year’s tally brings the cumulative donation total to...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: La Junta, CO - Looking for a unique gift idea? Be one of the first to purchase a 2022 annual park entrance pass for Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site! While visiting the fort, pass holders (and up to three of their guests) can see the sights and interact with living history interpreters as they...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Yusef E. Malik Myrick, 22, of Falconer, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production, receipt, and distribution of child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted to conspiring to extort multiple general contractors of approximately $14,000 by using his brother’s position as a compliance safety and health officer (CSHO) with the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky.- A Belfry, Ky., man, Oscar Joshua Calhoun, 36, was sentenced to 375 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, after pleading guilty to three counts of distribution of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: In his first year as Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) has worked hard to ensure that Ohioans and all American taxpayers receive the transparency, accountability, and sound policies they deserve from the federal government.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor HPMC Occupational Medical Services (HPMC) created an innovative approach to providing health and wellness services to workers during the COVID-19 pandemic that centers on employee engagement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Lawrence Henderson, 52, of Stockton, California, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, and marijuana. Senior United...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Democrats spent 2021 leading congressional efforts to keep Americans healthy and strengthen the economy. The Committee delivered historic investments in workers and families, bolstered the economic recovery, and expanded access to quality, affordable health care. Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: A federal jury today convicted a man for assaulting his dating partner in a Broken Arrow hotel room in March 2021, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Bob Martin | Dec 21, 2021
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently introduced two new security directives to strengthen cybersecurity to address ongoing threats to surface transportation systems and their infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx man today admitted possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: Defendant Accused of Using a Flagpole to Assault Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced Rachel McCluskey, age 46, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced McCluskey to 11...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Dawn N. Ison was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan by Chief United States District Judge Denise Page Hood.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Bland County, Virginia man was sentenced last week to 50 years in prison for making and producing child pornography at his home and illegally possessing a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremy Hamlin, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
