News from November 2021
By DOL Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on the significant progress made in combatting COVID-19, and stressed the need for continued action to end the pandemic, and keep families safe from...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2019 Statistical Tables. This report presents 2009-2019 National Crime Victimization Survey estimates of nonfatal violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The Drug Enforcement Administration, 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges.
By George Willis | Nov 4, 2021
The Mexican gray wolf has a better chance of survival after a federal district court judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to produce a draft recovery plan to keep the animal from becoming extinct.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Phase 1 semifinalists of the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a $4 million competition designed to advance technologies and techniques to support direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines. Lithium, a critical material used...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dallas Edward Weber, Jr. was sentenced today to 336 months of incarceration for a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Dunbar man was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison for a federal gun crime. David Wayne Watson, 37, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Supply, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (crack) and a quantity of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack) and aiding and abetting; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: POCATELLO - A federal jury sitting in Pocatello convicted an Idaho Falls man of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and deported alien found in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - Beginning Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office plans to burn piles of juniper and piñon cuttings in three locations in Catron County, weather permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARTIN ALAMEDA-PINEDA, age 37, of Mexico, was sentenced on Nov. 3, 2021 to 180 months in prison for transporting a large amount of methamphetamine into the Eastern District of Louisiana from Texas, while armed with a firearm. ALAMEDA-PINEDA...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1 million American Rescue Plan grants to 30 states and territories across the nation to support statewide economic development planning efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson, General Services Administration Administrator Robin Carnahan, and Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Polson man convicted by a jury of trafficking methamphetamine in the Helena community was sentenced today to 13 years and eight months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced on Tuesday to 41 months in prison for dealing firearms without a license.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Due to astronomical influences, the Savannah River at Fort Pulaski is expected to reach moderate to major flood stage over the next few days. An area very susceptible to flooding is the entrance to Fort Pulaski National Monument. With an abundance of caution, the park will delay opening to the public during these tide events for visitor safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Luis Carrasquillo, age 34, of Syracuse was sentenced today to serve 71 months in federal prison for his membership in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and his previous guilty plea to distribution of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, as well as cocaine, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Wise County man this week of trafficking methamphetamine from Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A fifth individual has surrendered to authorities in relation to a multi-year, multi-million dollar money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
