News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Ja’Von Smith, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2021 in federal court in Omaha as a felon in possession of a firearm. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Smith to imprisonment for a term of 24 months. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Smith will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Daviae O'Shay McKinstry, 25 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Hazard tree removal began last week on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent. Drivers should expect up to half-hour delays for alternating single-lane traffic from 7:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Longer delays of up to two hours are necessary to safely remove a portion of the remaining...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Dakota S. Smith, 27, of Red Oak, Iowa, and who at the time of his offense lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Smith to...
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the schedule for the month of November, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Man Apprehended Through Use of File-Sharing Software.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Richard Burr (R-NC) recently sent three letters expressing grave concern over Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) and Superintendent Scott Ziegler’s mishandling of a female student’s allegation of rape by a fellow male student.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Trussville man was sentenced today on gun, drug, and escape charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French, and U.S. Marshal Martin Keely.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Two South Florida residents have pleaded guilty to running a mental health care fraud scheme that over-billed Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Stoneham man pleaded guilty today to his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance using stolen personal information.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 6, in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department when necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office has issued an environmental assessment that includes potential parcels that may be offered for a competitive oil and gas lease sale. As a result of scoping comments and internal analysis, including consideration of protecting...
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - With Old Man Winter knocking at the door, EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is preparing the Hanford Site’s 324 Building to continue important risk-reduction work as the weather turns colder.
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 State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: Over 100 countries representing 70% of the global economy have now joined the Pledge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Brandon (Brandi) Greenberg, 30, of Phoenix, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 50 months in prison, followed by 48 months of supervised release. Greenberg previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy and distribution of methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - On Sunday, November 7, daylight saving time ends, and we set our clocks back an hour. Take advantage of the extra time to ensure your family and home are best prepared for possible emergencies or unexpected disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark accepted a plea of guilty from Andrew Hotchkiss on today’s date for the production of child pornography. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Hotchkiss for the charge.
