News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admits to Entering and Remaining in Senate Wing Lobby With Intent to Disrupt Orderly Conduct of Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Callers Based in India Impersonated Federal Employees or Local Police, Netting Over $3 Million From Victims Across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Ocala, FL - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Wayne Grant, Jr. (28, Orlando) to 20 months in federal prison for receipt of a bribe by a public official. Grant had pleaded guilty on September 7, 2021.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: As members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, we note with grave concern the increased repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses in a number of countries. We uphold the right of Jehovah’s Witnesses to practice their religion and their beliefs and their ability to adhere to being apolitical and pacifist without fear, harassment, discrimination, or persecution.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: The United States is designating Ali Darassa, the leader of the Central African Republic (CAR)-based militia group Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC), pursuant to Executive Order 13667, in connection with serious human rights abuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered preliminary flood maps for parts of Elko County. The maps identify revised flood hazards along the Humboldt River; East Adobe, Charlie and Harper Creeks; and the Woodland Drain and its tributaries. These new maps will help building officials, contractors and homeowners make effective mitigation decisions, thereby contributing to safer and more disaster resilient communities.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Promoting Religious Freedom through Good Governance in Vietnam. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008455. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Dec. 16, 2021, Taurus Lebron Green, 40, from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 84 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of the Interior (DOI) and FEMA today announced the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. Establishing this commission fulfills a key provision of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and represents a critical step in combating the nation’s wildfire crisis and improving resilience in America’s landscapes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted an Alexandria man yesterday of murdering another man in retaliation for robbing him of an ounce of marijuana, and trying to convince a witness to lie for him to cover it up.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp accepted a plea of guilty from Tarik Mazhar on today’s date. Mazhar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Judge Schelp set sentencing for March 18, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A repeat convicted felon has been charged for allegedly possessing a firearm and multiple rounds of ammunition and fentanyl intended for distribution.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Thank you, Operator, and I’d like to welcome everyone to this morning’s on-background briefing. It’s good to have you with us.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Strengthening Religious Freedom in Sudan through the Rule of Law. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008466. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: On June 11, 2021, Baldwin pleaded guilty to production of child pornography as charged in Count 1 of the Indictment. As part of his plea, Baldwin admitted that he set up a hidden camera in a bathroom and recorded a child change clothes and take a shower. He further admitted that he transmitted images of the recording outside Oklahoma using the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following joint statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected the plan of reorganization for Purdue Pharma, the maker OxyContin, which would have released members of the Sackler family from liability for their role in the opioid crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Shawn Andrew Wilson (47, Fernandina Beach) pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Wilson faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to, 40 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that a federal jury found James Leonard, 36, of Henniker, guilty of unlawfully possessing a destructive device. The verdict was returned on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Promoting Religious Freedom through Good Governance in Vietnam. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008455. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...
