News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


Risch Introduces Amendments on Ukraine, CFIUS, State Authorization to NDAA

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday introduced amendments to the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that would provide Ukraine with material support in the face of Russian aggression, counter malign Chinese influence in U.S. universities, and authorize the State Department for the first time since 2003.


Notice published by Transportation Department on Nov. 5

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


St. Thomas Man Who Forged Checks in His Father’s Name Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison for $303,000 Bank Fraud

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Lenroy Ravalier, Jr. was sentenced by the Honorable Robert A. Molloy to serve 21 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $169,000, representing his ill-gotten gains from his commission of bank fraud.


Notice published by Commerce Department on Nov. 5

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Agriculture Department on Nov. 5

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


First-Degree Murder Suspect Apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Memphis

News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of Ozar Odell Faulkner on charges of First-Degree Murder that occurred in Memphis. Faulkner is a suspect from a homicide that took place at a carwash off North Hollywood Street on Aug. 3, 2021.


Former Beckley Resident Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Zachary Mitchem, 36, formerly of Beckley, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.


High-Ranking Members of the Sinaloa Cartel Charged with International Drug Trafficking

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, announced the unsealing of two indictments charging high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel with international drug trafficking. On Nov. 13, 2019 and Feb. 19, 2020, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned superseding indictments against cartel members Aureliano Guzman-Loera of Sinaloa, Mexico, and brothers Ruperto, Jose, and Heriberto Salgueiro-Nevarez of Guadalupe Y Calvo, Mexico.


DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

News Release: MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with its law enforcement partners, has removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s ongoing commitment to turn the tide against the U.S. opioid epidemic. Following last month’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the program has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception.


Notice published on Nov. 5 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Luzerne County Man Charged With Straw Purchase Of A Firearm

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 2, 2021, Dashea Simmons, age 25, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was charged by a federal grand jury with making false statements in connection with the purchase of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer.


Neal Statement on October 2021 Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) October 2021 jobs report...


Seattle man sentenced to 8 years in prison for child sex abuse crimes

News Release: Traveled for sex abuse of minor; possessed images of child rape and abuse.


What did Commerce Department publish on Nov. 5?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: With great regret and after much deliberation, Tumacácori National Historical Park is cancelling the 2021 Fiesta de Tumacácori for only the second time in its fifty-year history. “It was a very difficult decision to make - even more difficult than the first-ever cancellation, last year during the height...


Nightclub Magnate Convicted of Drug Crimes

News Release: A DFW nightclub magnate and two of his managers have been convicted of operating an empire of clubs in which drugs were sold openly, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


What did Transportation Department publish on Nov. 5?

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Nov. 5 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Elizabethton Man Sentenced To 210 Months' Imprisonment For Distribution Of Child Pornography

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On November 4, 2021, James Ellison Catoe, 48, currently of Elizabethton, was sentenced by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville to 210 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Catoe will be required to register with the state sex offender registry and comply with special sex offender conditions during his supervised release.


Transportation Department publishes notice on Nov. 5

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.