News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky.- A Pikeville man was convicted on Monday by a federal jury in Pikeville for wire fraud and health care fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) not only are critical to EM achieving its cleanup mission effectively, but they’re also the keys to the future EM workforce, according to Kristen Ellis, EM’s senior advisor for STEM and talent acquisition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: barbour_randolph_takedown.mp4. ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-one people are facing charges involving drug trafficking and firearms in Barbour and Randolph Counties, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. “Methamphetamine continues to be a serious problem in our district. When you...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert of the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a Georgia man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.
By State Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, William R. Keating, Chair of the Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber Subcommittee, Earl Blumenauer, Chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Brendan Boyle, Chair of the European Union Caucus, released the following statement on the United Kingdom’s threats to suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU withdrawal agreement...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Today, I had the honor of kicking off the fourth annual Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) Sponsor Summit. The event, held virtually again this year, explored how critical partnerships drive homeland security mission excellence. I was able to speak to senior leaders from across the department about how S&T engages with public and private sector stakeholders to do just that, and I’d like to share some of my thoughts here with you as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that committed murders and other acts of violence while brutally protecting a drug-dealing operation on the West and Southwest Sides of Chicago.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Following a four-day jury trial in federal court, a Sevierville man was convicted of multiple drug charges involving the distribution and possession of heroin, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl as well as illegally possessing a firearm.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND-At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will announce the U.S. Aviation Climate Action Plan, which, for the first time, sets out to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. aviation sector by 2050.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The last of four defendants has been sentenced to federal prison in a drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped cocaine and cash from coast to coast.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado Gunnison Field Office welcomes Jon Kaminsky as the new Field Manager to the Gunnison Field Office in Gunnison Colorado. Jon will be responsible for the management and stewardship of more than 20 employees and 600,000 acres of public land in the upper Gunnison River Basin of southwestern Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ramzi Al Najar, 43, of Staten Island, NY, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay over $7.8 million in restitution by United States District Court Judge Petrese B. Tucker for smuggling smokeless tobacco products across state lines to avoid paying the associated taxes.
By Caleb Lombardo | Nov 9, 2021
The U.S. has announced it will provide $114 million in humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan, bringing the overall total of aid contributed in 2021 to nearly $474 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Defendant Accused of Fighting Officers, Pushing Large Metal Sign Into Defensive Line Formed by Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Andrew Bettelyoun, 26, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 years and 8 months in prison for conspiring to commit kidnapping in Indian Country. Bettelyoun pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two grand prize winners of the Water Resource Recovery Prize. In this two-phased competition, DOE sought novel, systems-based solutions and technologies that improve efficiency and lower the cost of water treatment, while recovering valuable resources from municipal wastewater.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Three individuals have admitted to their participation in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The Small Business Administration (SBA) guarantees PPP loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine-A Sanford man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute fentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Florida Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme.
