News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in Ft. Pierce, Florida has sentenced 40-year-old Gregory T. Fuller to eight years in federal prison for possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon.


News Release: Gangster Disciples Enforcer and Hitman Convicted of RICO Murder, Killing Witness, and Other Violent Crimes.


2021 Winter Road Closures and Entrance Fees

News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - Crater Lake National Park’s North Entrance Road and Rim Drive closed for the season on November 1st. All visitors to Crater Lake National Park must use Highway 62 to access the park from the south or west during these closures. The North Entrance Road and Rim Drive, with elevations...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Brian L. Schumacher, 57, of Penfield, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to serve eight months in prison and pay restitution totaling $170,000 by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.


Senator Murray Statement on Inclusion of Paid Leave in the House Build Back Better Act

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on Speaker Pelosi including paid leave in the House Build Back Better Act. Senator Murray has long fought for paid family and medical leave, and has been helping lead the fight to add it back to the Build Back Better package.


Under Secretary Nuland’s Travel to Ottawa, Canada to Participate in the U.S.-Canada High-Level Policy Review Group

Release: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel November 4 to Ottawa, Canada to co-chair the annual U.S.-Canada High-Level Policy Review Group (HLPRG) with Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director Dan Costello. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols, Canadian Deputy Assistant Minister for the Americas Michael Grant, and other high-level officials will also participate.


Pittsburgh Man Indicted on Murder and Firearms Charges following Killing of Postal Carrier

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of murdering an employee of the United States and using a firearm to do so, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


USDA Designates Woodward County, Oklahoma, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Families Need Good Jobs, Not Washington-Run Paid Leave and Child Care

News Release: Families Need Good Jobs, Not Washington-Run Paid Leave and Child Care.


News Release: CLARKSBURG WEST VIRGINIA - Michael C. Meade, Jr., of Masontown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 40 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.


Two New Jersey, One New York Securities Claims Aggregators Arrested and Charged with $40M Fraud

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joseph Cammarata, 47, of Monmouth Beach, NJ; Erik Cohen, 40, of Manalapan, NJ; and David Punturieri, 41, of Staten Island, NY; were arrested and charged by Indictment on charges of conspiracy to commit multiple counts of fraud in connection with a securities fraud claims scheme.


Billings man accused of attempted coercion, enticement for sex with minor

News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man accused of trying to arrange a meeting to have sex with a mother and her minor child and arrested during a multi-agency law enforcement operation into the solicitation of sex with minors had an initial appearance on Nov. 2 on a criminal complaint, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.


E&C Republican Leaders Reveal NIH Mismanaged Concerns Surrounding EcoHealth Alliance’s Risky Research in China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, the fifth comprehensive inquiry as a part of the investigation into the origins of COVID-19.


News Release: BOSTON - A Marstons Mills man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to charges of distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.


News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Jeffrey Gossett, 47, of Greer, has pleaded guilty to felony counts of wire fraud and money laundering stemming from the theft of nearly $2 million in funds related to the Coronavirus, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL).


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Dayton psychiatric hospital and owner agree to pay $425,000 to resolve claims for unnecessary diagnostic testing

News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Access Hospital Dayton, LLC and its owner, Dr. John Johnson, have agreed to pay the United States $374,780 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for diagnostic testing. Access Dayton and Johnson have also agreed to pay the State of Ohio approximately $50,219 to resolve State of Ohio Medicaid claims.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Woman Arrested at Chicago O’Hare Airport for Conspiring to Kill Her Mother and Placing Body in Suitcase.


Portman, Peters Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Inspector General Protections Advances in Senate

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for passing their bipartisan legislation to provide Inspectors General...