News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


Route 209 Bridge Repairs Near Completion

News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: The National Park Service project to repair several bridges and a culvert on US Route 209 in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is nearing completion and is expected to be wrapped up soon. “We are in the final stretch of this important infrastructure improvement project and contractors are working hard to complete most of the remaining work by the end of November, with as little impact to motorists as possible," said Chiara Palazzolo, Project Manager.


News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun on a Chicago street.


News Release: Repeatedly falsified test results on strength of metal used for submarine parts.


Man Who Illegally Possessed a Gun Sent to Federal Prison

News Release: Sotres-De La O was pending a trial for illegally possessing a gun when arrested for a new gun crime.


Holiday Open House 2021

News Release: MESA VERDE, CO-- Please join Mesa Verde staff in celebrating our Holiday Open House and Luminaria event on Thursday, December 9, 2021 from 4:00pm until 9:00pm. Attendance to the Holiday Open House is free.


Rapid City Man Charged with Illegal Possession of Ammunition

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 Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on November 4, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: Ukrainian Arrested and Charged with Ransomware Attack on Kaseya.


Rock Island Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Robert Barnes, 29, of the 900 block of 21st Street in Rock Island, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Nov. 3, 2021, to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. Sentencing for Barnes has been scheduled for March 2, 2022, in federal court in Davenport, Iowa.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - Recognizing the need to balance high-quality visitor experience with natural resource protection in one of the region’s most popular recreation areas, the Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District announces a public comment period for the draft Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP)...


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Charles J. Kovats has been named as the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota following the departure of former Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk. Mr. Kovats previously served as the office’s Criminal Division Chief since 2018.


Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seize Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine

News Release: CHICAGO - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and John R. Lausch, Jr., U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced the arrests of three individuals on federal charges as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government seizures of a private plane and 100 kilograms of cocaine.



Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seizes Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine; Three Defendants Arrested

News Release: CHICAGO - Three individuals have been arrested on federal charges as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government seizures of a private plane and 100 kilograms of cocaine.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden woman was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in the city of Camden, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


News Release: President Biden appointed Sara Minkara as the Special Advisor on International Disability Rights. In this role, Special Advisor Minkara leads the U.S. Department of State’s comprehensive strategy to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities internationally.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man made his initial court appearance Wednesday for alleged sexual exploitation of children and child pornography offenses following a multiagency investigation lead by Northern Nevada Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force of which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is an active participant.


Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Workers Save for Retirement

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (GA-12), and Subcommittee Chair Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), introduced legislation-the Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act (H.R. 5891) -to expand American workers’ access to secure retirement.


News Release: Brady: Workers Begin to Return as Biden Policies End.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY FIGUEROA-GONZALEZ, 29, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.