News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: A California man who planned the bombing of a political rally in Long Beach, California, in 2019 was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Oxford, Mississippi, returned an indictment on Oct. 27 that was unsealed today, charging a Mississippi podiatrist with a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including Medicare, by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary medications and ordering medically unnecessary testing, including in exchange for kickbacks and bribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jeremy Edwards, 32, a convicted felon, has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA will conduct two 90-minute virtual public meetings to gather public feedback on the National Flood Insurance Program. The meeting will focus on the program's floodplain management standards for land management and use and an assessment of the program's impact on threatened and endangered species and their habitats.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Kula, Maui -Palikū wilderness cabin reservations will be available 7 days per week on Recreation.gov beginning November 8, 2021 between 7:00 -7:30 am Hawaiian Standard Time (HST). Due to ongoing drought and water shortages, the remote Palikū wilderness cabin reservations were temporarily limited to Friday-Sunday only.
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: Today, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced Romania’s intent to build a first-of-a-kind U.S. small modular reactor (SMR) plant. By deploying U.S. innovative clean technology first, Romania is taking an initial step-but a huge technological ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men who participated in a multi-state methamphetamine conspiracy entered guilty pleas in federal court. Dennis Deire Mosley, Jr., 35, of Akron, Ohio, and Frederick Clyde Waite, 49, of Sissonville, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario," a citizen of Colombia, pleaded guilty to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The proceeding took place before...
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much, Patrick. Thank you so much not just for today, but for your leadership every day. It is greatly appreciated, and I simply want to start by thanking everyone who made this event possible, including President Tshisekedi, chairperson of the African Union. Monsieur President, merci pour votre leadership. As well -.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Dear Administrator Pekoske: We are writing to express concern with recent statements by some activists calling for physical attacks on energy infrastructure. We encourage TSA to work closely with critical infrastructure operators to detect and deter potential threats to public safety, the environment, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Nampa man pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of stealing controlled substances and violating individuals’ civil rights through unconstitutional searches and seizures, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of the Hill District neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years (144 months) of incarceration followed by five years of federal supervised release on his conviction for violating the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly known as “RICO"), Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Takedowns and seizures yield tens of thousands of fentanyl pills, firearms, and more than 150 pounds of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much, Patrick. Thank you so much not just for today, but for your leadership every day. It is greatly appreciated, and I simply want to start by thanking everyone who made this event possible, including President Tshisekedi, chairperson of the African Union. Monsieur President, merci pour votre leadership. As well -.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Mexican national after TSA agents at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport found firearms and methamphetamine in his luggage, announced Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of two counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, one count of Health Care Fraud, and one count of Obtaining Controlled Substances by Fraud was sentenced on Oct. 22, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas Hodnett of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that approximately 34,150 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the Prescription Drug Take Back Day event on Oct. 23, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acres: 88,307 acres. Containment: 75%. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021. Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 344 Personnel including: 4 crews, 6 engines, 1 water tender, 1 dozer, 13 excavators and 1 helicopter. This will be the LAST update...
