News from November 2021
By USDA Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against American Fruit & Produce Corp. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 21 produce sellers in the amount of $667,214 from March 2019 through January 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - ZACHARY VERDIN, age 29, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery before the Honorable Susie Morgan, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. VERDIN faces up to twenty (20) years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three (3) years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee, as to each count. Sentencing is currently scheduled for Feb. 22, 2022.
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good morning, everyone, and thanks very much for joining us, especially today, for this very important topic. We wanted to offer another opportunity for you to hear an update from, in this case, our Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeff Feltman on the situation in Ethiopia. The special envoy will have some opening remarks at the top, after which he will look forward to taking your questions.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the House passage of the Build Back Better Act, Agriculture and Forestry groups gave thanks for how the historic legislation will help to address the growing climate crisis on our National Forest System land and private agricultural and forest land; invest in the modernization and innovative energy production and infrastructure in rural communities; and help provide assistance for our farmers and ranchers with debt relief provisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Telfair County man faces up to life in federal prison after a jury convicted him on 36 counts related to a conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Xanthus Nakia Murdaugh, 46, of Rock Hill, was sentenced to more than 11 and 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to an offense related to the attempted sexual exploitation of a child.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas woman was sentenced on Friday to 84 months in prison - to be followed by four years of supervised release - for distributing methamphetamine on multiple occasions, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: DAWSONVILLE, GA - If federal workplace safety requirements had been followed, a North Georgia site grading and pipeline contractor could have prevented the death of a 24-year-old worker who was killed in May after a fork attachment used on a front-end loader dislodged and struck the worker.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to President Biden tapping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Keilin Lopez Lopez, 22, resident of St. Thomas, V.I., was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment followed by a four-year term of supervised release for possessing with intent to distribute approximately 4 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Mexican national residing in Oregon City, Oregon pleaded guilty today for his leadership role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl from Mexico for resale in Oregon and Washington State.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- At the direction of President Biden, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm authorized that 50 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) be made available. As the global economy recovers from the pandemic, oil supply...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND - Jessica Guska (a/k/a Jessica Irvine, Jessica Brewer, Jessica Carrington and Jessica Hoggard), 43, Portage, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon her plea of guilty to wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM’s Paducah Site is constructing a key facility in the cleanup of the former gaseous diffusion plant.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant has completed all startup testing of components and systems associated with transforming low-activity tank waste into a safe form for disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Chesapeake man and business owner pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) out of more than $1.2 million in taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the following defendants were charged with fraudulently obtaining emergency unemployment benefits related to COVID-19. Each of the following defendants was charged with one count of mail or wire fraud and one count of theft...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Kizito Chukwujekwu, 38, of Morrow, Georgia, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EVERTO JAVIER URBINA-BALLADARES a/k/a “JOHAN MANUEL ALBIZU-ORTIZ, age 46, a native of Nicaragua, was charged on Nov. 19, 2021 in a one-count indictment with illegally using a social security number in order to obtain employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
