News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessica Sue Nicholson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to one year of probation for her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a five-count indictment charging DENIS MURTIC, 36, of Farmington; ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ, 45, of East Windsor; and EFRAIN ROSARIO, 41, of Hartford, with fentanyl and cocaine trafficking offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the filing of a civil complaint today seeking forfeiture of four looted Cambodian antiquities at a museum in Denver, Colorado, for the purpose of returning the antiquities to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The antiquities...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kaleah Scott, of Winchester, Virginia, was sentenced today to one year of probation for her role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Rock Island, Illinois, man, Terrance Jermaine “T.J." Clay, 44, was sentenced on November 4, 2021, to 166 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of robbery.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in connection with stealing 17 firearms from a West Springfield gun shop and making false statements to federal agents.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Clearfield, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA has released an online searchable collection of risk assessment information for planners and emergency managers to improve mitigation strategies, strengthen planning exercises and expedite recovery.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the importation of all varieties of fresh melon fruit with stems (Cucumis melo) from Japan into the United States. Based on a pest risk analysis, the agency has determined specific phytosanitary measures ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Albio Sires, Chair of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy Subcommittee, issued the following statement regarding the general election in Nicaragua where opposition figures were detained by President Daniel Ortega’s security forces...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C. - November 8, 2021. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has completed a supplemental environmental assessment (EA) required under the National Environmental Policy Act for its spotted lanternfly program. The previous EA for the spotted ...

By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah- Each year hundreds of people enjoy finding their Christmas and holiday trees on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management’s Arizona Strip Field Office has begun selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine and juniper trees in-person and online. To obtain a tree permit for the...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Defendants Also Tried to Obstruct Investigation Into Beating of 5-Year-Old Girl.

By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking and Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Yemen Cathy Westley visited Aden, Yemen today. During the trip, they met with Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed, Foreign Minister Ahmed Bin Mubarak, Aden Governor Lamlas, other senior government officials, and representatives of Yemeni civil society.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A former office manager of a prominent local dermatology practice was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for defrauding a medical practice of nearly $350,000 from patient billings and employee profit sharing accounts.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - In response to a civil rights complaint received by this Office, Teach Them Diligently (TTD), a Christian-based home school resource community of Greenville, South Carolina, addressed the interpreting needs of deaf attendees at its Christian homeschool convention in Nashville, announced Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: REPORT: Democrats Still Seeking IRS Snooping Scheme.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold key staff positions in Washington, D.C.