News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DONALD BLAKSTAD, the owner and principal of a California-based investment fund, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 36 months in prison for committing insider trading and orchestrating...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for threatening to injure a federal judge, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - Following a two-week jury trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury today convicted Brandon Durell Hardison, aka Creep, aka Creeper da Reeper, a member of the Gangster Disciples, of multiple counts relating to a racketeering conspiracy which plagued the Clarksville, Tennessee area with violence and murders for more than a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Missoula man who admitted to having child pornography on his mobile phone was sentenced today to six years in prison, to be followed by seven years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Elmer Nahun Agustin-Arita, age 24, of Honduras, was indicted today by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Tyrone L. Robinson was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to life imprisonment plus 84 years to run consecutive to the life sentence for murder, seven counts of robbery and attempted robbery of drugs and drug proceeds, ...
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
Release: The United States announced the launch of the Climate Entrepreneurship for Economic Development (CEED) Initiative at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The initiative aims to address the climate crisis and contribute to economic development by nurturing entrepreneurial climate...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency, invites the public and media to attend a virtual public scoping meeting on the proposed Aquaterra Water Bank Project on Nov. 10.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
Release: More information about Cameroon is available on the Cameroon page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
Release: Today at the UN Climate Change Conference, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins announced the United States’ commitment of $25 million in support towards expanding access to clean nuclear energy. The announcement, also called a “Nuclear Futures Package," represents efforts from across the U.S. government, and includes ongoing programs and projects under development to.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the buildup of Russian troops and military equipment on the Ukrainian border:
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 2, 2021, Alexander P. Bebris (age: 52) of Denmark, Wisconsin, was sentenced to an additional ten years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for passing his bipartisan Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization Act to help protect...
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican McCaul questioned U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, Brian P. McKeon, on the Biden Administration’s failed Afghanistan withdrawal and their plan for evacuating Americans still left behind.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: 11.03.2021 UPDATE: Investigators with the National Park Service are asking for the public’s help to provide photos or videos in support of an ongoing homicide investigation on the Blue Ridge Parkway. On Saturday afternoon, October 9, 2021, parkway personnel received a report from a park visitor of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admits Throwing Dangerous Objects at Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Taphonie Prince (25, Brandon) has pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 14 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Prince’s criminal history includes prior state court convictions for burglary and robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Tyrone L. Robinson was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to life imprisonment plus 84 years to run consecutive to the life sentence for murder, seven counts of robbery and attempted robbery of drugs and drug proceeds...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - Today a federal grand jury in El Paso returned an indictment charging an El Paso man with trafficking in drugs and illegal possession of firearms.
