News from November 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $1,545,286.03 to Mobility 4 Public Safety (M4PS) to advance the development of the Bridge 4 Public Safety (Bridge4PS ) messaging and collaborating platform for first responders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Thomas Ukoshovbera A. Gbenedio has been convicted by a federal jury of illegally dispensing and distributing controlled substances from his pharmacy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Whitman Mission National Historic Site will begin its winter hours on November 7th, 2021. Under these winter hours, the Visitor Center will be open from 9a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The Visitor Center will be closed on Sunday and Monday. The park’s picnic area, trails, and grounds continue to be open daily sunrise to sunset.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Readout of Justice Department Leadership Meeting on Human Smuggling and Trafficking Networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Charles W. Johnston, age 74, of Fairfax County, Virginia, was convicted on November 4, 2021, following a four-day bench trial before United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for obstructing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ACDANE CAMPBELL, age 25, a resident of Jamaica, pleaded guilty today to a one-count Indictment for Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud before U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Daniel Deocampo, a former professor and dean at Georgia State University (“GSU"), has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Images and videos of children as young as five years old, engaged in sexually explicit conduct, were among the items confiscated.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Join us as we honor Indigenous cultures and communities as part of National Native American Heritage Month.Throughout the year, and especially during November, the National Park Service (NPS) celebrates the traditions, languages, and contributions of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Island communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Owner of Louisiana Construction and Building Inspection Businesses and His Two Siblings Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS COLON, also known as “Shoes" and “Zapato," 50, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By Caleb Lombardo | Nov 5, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $234 million in grants to support specialty crops.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Derek Luch, age 49, of Troy, New York, appeared in federal court today on charges that he received and possessed child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office is seeking public input on the proposed development and implementation of a Travel and Transportation Management/Recreation Area Management Plan (TTMP/RAMP) for the Johnson Hill (AKA Gordy’s Hill) Special Recreation Management Area...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant DWIGHT ANDERSON, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on November 4, 2021 by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to 90 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a $200 special assessment on Counts Two and Three of a three-count indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS COLON, also known as “Shoes" and “Zapato," 50, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr. of the Northern District of Illinois, and Chicago Police Department Superintendent David O. Brown today announced that the leader of a drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for supplying heroin to an illegal open-air market on the West Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RONNIE BARTHOLOMEW, age 64 and a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced to probation, 50 hours of community service and payment of a $10 mandatory special assessment fee by United States District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon for obstruction of mail, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1701.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Attack Took Place in Street Confrontation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Since 2006, Veterans Day has been a fee free day at Bandelier National Monument, this year is no exception. On Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in honor of those who have served and sacrificed for our county, the National Park Service invites the public to remember and honor our veterans...
