News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - A former Detroit Police Department officer pleaded guilty today in federal court in Detroit to accepting bribes, Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
Release: DENVER - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN). There are currently full- and part-time positions available and the starting salary is $21.72 per hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Gonzalo Ramon Rodriguez, 59, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns. In his plea agreement, Rodriguez...
By State Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will hold a joint press availability with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo on November 17 at 2:00 p.m., at the Department of State immediately following a trilateral meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas-Big Thicket National Preserve is expanding the volunteer longleaf pine tree planting efforts to three events this coming winter. Volunteers can join park staff and partners to plant over 20,000 longleaf pine trees in December, January, and February.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: A longtime drug dealer has been convicted of drug and gun crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced that Carnell Charles Caple Jr., 32, of Wadesboro, N.C., was sentenced yesterday to 76 months in prison and three years of supervised release on federal drug and gun charges.
By State Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
Release: (As prepared). In 2018, Nicolás Maduro rigged a presidential election and declared himself the victor. We rightly consider that election, and its result, illegitimate. Late last year, Mr. Maduro’s regime ran a tailor-made process, neither inclusive nor free and fair, to elect a National Assembly to...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement applauding President Biden signing into law the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joseph W. Bayliss, 46, of Martinez, was sentenced today to three years in prison and ordered to pay $481.3 million in restitution for participating in a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving DC Solar, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to announce a new art exhibition by former Artist-in-Residence, Sharon Lee Hart. Filtering the Landscape is inspired by Hart’s fall 2019 artist residency at the park and encompasses two bodies of work.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal jury convicted three El Salvadoran nationals of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charges, including murder in aid of racketeering, stemming from their participation in Mara Salvatrucha, a violent international criminal racketeering enterprise commonly known as MS-13, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Aurora, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Bolivar, Mo., to Springfield, Mo.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Rebuilding Coast Guard Infrastructure to Sustain and Enhance Mission Capability."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Twelve Other Members of Drug Trafficking Ring Have Been Sentenced to Date.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Hartford, Conn.- Two FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) opened today in Bridgeport and Greenwich (Fairfield County) to help Connecticut residents affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Don Valentino Zdybel, 61, formerly of Hamtramck, Michigan was sentenced yesterday to 12 years’ imprisonment on charges of possession methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it in the Detroit area, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: 120 teams from 105 universities competed to test their cyber defense skills and protect a hydropower company from simulated cyber challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chaung sentenced Rodney Jerrod Jefferson, age 29, of Hyattsville, Maryland to seven and a half years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Judge Chaung has also ordered Jefferson to pay a total of $35,100.17 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation selected seven teams to share $80,000 in prize awards as phase one winners in the Automated Maintenance of Protection Systems Challenge. This competition challenged the public to develop innovative solutions that make power systems more reliable by automating maintenance testing of protective relays and transformers.
