News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho -The BLM Challis Field Office is conducting a wild horse gather operation in the Challis Wild Horse Herd Management Area (CHMA), just south of Challis. The BLM is using temporary water and bait traps consisting of a series of corral panels stocked with water and hay/mineral; no helicopters will be used.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Shelbyville, Kentucky, man, John Affourtit, 65, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, to knowingly discharging a harmful quantity of oil into a waterway of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced yesterday for his involvement in a drug conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Tewksbury woman has been charged in connection with a scheme to embezzle more than $1.8 million from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Michael Meacham, 26, of West Chester, PA, was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe for requesting and receiving images depicting the sexual abuse of young children.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the import of fresh pummelo (Citrus maxima (Berm.) Merr.) fruit from Thailand into the continental United States.This action finalizes a proposal APHIS published in the Federal Register on March 29, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that seven criminal defendants have pleaded guilty to charges related to a Medicaid fraud conspiracy arising from the false billing of behavioral health services for children.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the import of fresh pummelo (Citrus maxima (Berm.) Merr.) fruit from Thailand into the continental United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Two Michigan men have been charged via criminal complaint for their roles in a large-scale, multi-state Unemployment Insurance benefit fraud scheme, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas husband and wife were each sentenced today to 21 months in prison for assuming a deceased person’s identity and stealing more than $300,000 in retirement payments intended for that person.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Thirteen people will appear in federal court today after being arrested Tuesday morning as part of “Operation Hartbreak Kid." Named after lead defendant Derrick Hart, 27, of North Little Rock, this operation targeted drug distribution in the North Little Rock area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Lalonzo Simmons, 46, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Nov. 4 to 24 years in prison for interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence, possessing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A civil action has been filed against MC Tubular Products and Metal One America for failing to comply with a federal summons, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Mexican nationals have been convicted by a federal trial jury for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy to distribute over 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in northwest Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A Kokomo, Indiana woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for animal crushing, which is a violation of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act under Title 18, United States Code, Section 48(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: Defendant Was a Lead Consulting Firm Partner Advising an Investment Bank on Its Acquisition of GreenSky, Inc.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) hosted a ceremony earlier today to recognize the veterans within the TSA workforce ahead of the Veterans Day federal holiday on Thursday. Nearly one fifth of TSA’s workforce are veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: $2.8 Million in Cash Sales Were Unreported to IRS.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - The public can now sign up to receive a variety of text alerts from Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Text alerts may include park operational updates, conditions, information on educational programs and more.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY) led a letter with Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide guidance on a test-to-stay option for unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19.
