News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A former mayor of Muncie, Indiana, who was indicted in November 2019, was sentenced to 1 year in prison for accepting $5,000 in cash in exchange for steering city construction work to a contractor. This conviction and sentence are part of a lengthy investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into corruption in Muncie associated with public works projects.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 22,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of Robert “Bob" Pike, P.E., as the senior advisor - design, estimating and construction oversight and dam safety officer in Denver, Colorado.
By Art Benavidez | Nov 10, 2021
A Postville, Iowa, fertilizer distributor has been fined $52,221 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act.
By Art Benavidez | Nov 10, 2021
Five governmental agencies have joined forces in order to protect endangered species, provide effective pest control tools, and regulate pesticide use with the goal of creating a fair, transparent and predictable process.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Juan Carlos Arteaga (58, Conroe, TX) today pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Arteaga has agreed to pay at least $779,687 in restitution to the victims of his offenses. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Edward Lee Nelson, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Brennan, 83, of Perryville, MD, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Anita B. Brody to lying to investigators about not knowing a former parishioner and victim of sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A California parent was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a tax offense in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - Eight men and one woman have been named in a newly unsealed federal indictment for taking part in a major drug trafficking conspiracy that funneled cocaine and other drugs from Atlanta to the Waynesboro, Ga., area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jerry Scheerer, 38, Mauston, Wisconsin, today pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 70 months in federal prison. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Frank Anthony Pezzuto (73, Venice) guilty of transmitting in interstate commerce three separate threatening communications to injure certain members of Congress. Pezzuto faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today signed an agreement to continue to host naturalization ceremonies in national parks. During an event in Baltimore, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas administered...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: This Veterans Day, we honor the millions of U.S. veterans for relentlessly defending our Nation’s ideals. The Drug Enforcement Administration is proud to have nearly 2,000 veterans serving in DEA, who bring unique military expertise to advance our mission to keep American communities safe and healthy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Kuna man was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Jonathan Pilgreen, 30, of Griswold, Iowa, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and for using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Solomon Williams, of Reading, Pennsylvania, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - With only 1,528 applicants registered for FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance to date, FEMA is urging those who paid for funeral expenses due to the coronavirus, and have not applied, to do so NOW.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Oct. 29, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. proclaimed November 2021 as National Native American Heritage Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Twin brothers from Hyannis pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today to gun and drug offenses.
