News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: Department of State. Public Notice. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: FY21 DRL Iraq Programs. I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) outlining...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Dillon M. Guidry, age 29, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, to 160 months in federal prison following his conviction for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. The Court further sentenced Guidry to serve five years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, and he must register as a convicted sex offender for life.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for violently sex trafficking multiple women over the course of a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Los Angeles, California, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that TRACY MORGAN, age 51, a resident of LaPlace, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2021 to a Two Count Superseding Bill of Information. In Count One, MORGAN pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office concluded the Fox - Lake Herd Management Area wild horse gather near Gerlach, Nev., Dec. 17, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is announcing today that the Biden-Harris Administration is providing up to $1.5 billion to states and school districts to help school meal program operators deal with the challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by the pandemic. As the administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Parole Board to resolve allegations that the Parole Board violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon man who was arrested with a loaded firearm purchased for him by his girlfriend soon after he was released from prison for aggravated assault pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jesus Adrian Pena-Gamez, 33, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Pena-Gamez is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd on March 14, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - As the holiday travel season continues, local, state and federal agencies within the Southern District of Iowa are working together to ensure the safety of commercial airline passengers, flight crews and flight attendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, SHAWN BREAUX, age 29, resident of New Orleans, LA, was charged in a sealed two-count indictment for weapons violations that occurred on October 8, 2021. The indictment was unsealed on Dec. 15, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced JON YOUNG, age 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana, on Dec. 15, 2021 for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans seized 59,425 counterfeit items valued at more than $1 million during a holiday-related intellectual property rights surge operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JAVONTE RICHARD, age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted on Dec. 16, 2021 for Theft of Mail by a Postal Service employee in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 34-year-old south Texan has admitted he spoke to people who were interested in buying images of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to make false statements in connection with 45 firearm transactions.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply troubled by the passage in Poland today of a law that would undermine freedom of expression, weaken media freedom, and erode foreign investors’ confidence in their property rights and the sanctity of contracts in Poland. We encourage President Duda to reaffirm his past statements ...
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, killings, and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in western Tigray by Amhara security forces. The UN reports that 1.2 million people have been forcibly displaced from western Tigray since the beginning of the...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2021
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - A South Texas man was convicted Dec. 17 for selling child pornography images following a joint U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Task Force probe.
