News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Luray, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to cyberstalking a female Army recruiter after being upset about failing his Army entrance examination.
By State Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
Release: On December 9-10, President Biden hosted the Summit for Democracy, a global gathering of heads of state, government representatives, civil society leaders, and business officials to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing democracies in the 21st century. As part of the Summit, the White House...
By Trina Thomas | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released the 2021 National Recycling Strategy, an effort to address recycling barriers and create a more efficient system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD - A federal jury convicted Earl Leroy Griffin, Jr., age 45, of Sunderland, Maryland, late on Dec. 17, 2021, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago physician used insider information to purchase shares of a California-based biotechnology company before it publicly announced positive results from a clinical trial of an experimental cancer drug, according to a federal criminal charge filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LAIRD JOHNSON, age 23, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on Dec. 17, 2021 with theft of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(u) and 924(i)(1), possession of a firearm ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), launched today a joint public service announcement (PSA) sharing clear actions to stay cybersecure this holiday season. While staffing is low and offices are closed...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) announced she will not seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark accepted a plea of guilty from Anthony D. Jones, 28, of Bridgeton, Missouri for his role in the May 4, 2019 carjacking and death of Jessica Vinson. Jones was previously indicted by a grand jury in July 2020. Judge Clark set sentencing for April 20, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently had some fun lending our spin to a trending social media campaign, one that recaps music lovers’ top songs and albums of the year. You may have recently seen “wrapped" posts from friends and family and perhaps learned a bit about what your own favorites...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Biloxi man pled guilty to providing false statements in connection with the delivery of payments for health care benefits of Medicare beneficiaries, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Tamala Miles, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General.
By State Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to welcome Minister Logar - Anže, welcome to the State Department - have you in Washington. We have been working very closely already with our friends, particularly as you’ve been leading the European Union Council with tremendous ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island man today pled guilty to his role in a conspiracy to file fraudulent applications for COVID unemployment relief funds in at least eight states, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Mt. Sterling, Ky., man, Timothy Douglas Snedegar, 65, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud related to his participation in a scheme to defraud a private crop insurance company.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - A Leawood contractor rehabbing the Firestone, Shankman and Michaelson buildings in Kansas City's historic Troost commercial district continues to expose its workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards, a June 29, 2021, federal safety and health investigation has found.
By Trina Thomas | Dec 20, 2021
Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico met to discuss a course of action for pollution reduction in the Tijuana River Basin along the U.S.-Mexico border, resulting in a joint statement recognizing its importance for both countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GERONIMO FLORES, age 29, of Henderson, Texas, was charged on Dec. 17, 2021 with domestic violence by strangulation and suffocation in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(8) and 7(8) and interstate domestic violence in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2261(a)(1), 2261(b)(5), and 7(8).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Friday, Koreasa M. Williams, 46, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 51 months in prison. Williams previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing three banks within a period of about a month in Lee’s Summit, Mo., Kansas City, Mo., and Odessa, Mo.
