News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


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News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that David Landis, 44, of Norristown, PA, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a special assessment of $6,300 by United States District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert for numerous charges related to his participation in a global drug-trafficking conspiracy.


EM Contractor Wins Two Telly Awards for Savannah River Site Videos

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Joining well-known entertainment such as Jennifer Garner’s “Pretend Cooking Show" and Nickelodeon, an EM contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has been named a winner in two categories of this year’s Telly Awards.


News Release: Miami, Florida - A 21-year-old man from Port St. Lucie, Florida, Christopher Fabrisio Jimenez, has pled guilty in federal district court in Ft. Pierce to producing and distributing child pornography.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Jeremy S. Gerdes, 37, of Kearney, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Gerdes to 50 months in prison followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.


Cocaine Trafficker Returns to Prison for 10 More Years

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 41-year-old convicted felon will be returning to federal prison for his role in a 17-kilogram cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Oklahoma City Man Sentenced to Serve a Decade in Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, DAVID ASHARD SAMILTON, 28, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. Federal law prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms or ammunition.


News Release: A man who was illegally in the United States was sentenced Nov. 1, 2021, to 57 days imprisonment.


United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed

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Oak Ridge Upgrades Waste Shipment Tracking System

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR recently transitioned to a new waste tracking system that improves how shipments are tracked from work sites to disposal locations.


Over One Ton of Cocaine Destined for the Northeast Seized

News Release: NEW YORK CITY - Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Thomas A. Gleason, Commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety announced...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Carlina Moore, 37, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge David C. Joseph to 12 months and 1 day in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on wire fraud charges. Moore was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $121,600.50.


Baltimore Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Spending Deceased Mother’s Social Security Benefit Checks for More Than 20 Years

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Wardell Lester, Jr., age 66 of Baltimore, Maryland today to one year in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft of government property in connection with the theft of $223,655 in social security benefits intended for his mother.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to being the head of a conspiracy involving the distribution of wholesale quantities of synthetic cannabinoids-commonly known as “spice" or “K2"-and laundering millions of dollars in the proceeds of the sale of that spice.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Michael Fuller, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II announced.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - As educators and students across the U.S. find academic resources, field trips, and extracurricular programs limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, an EM contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is striving to provide alternatives to local, national, and international audiences through its education outreach organization.


News Release: MACON, Ga. - An Indiana man was sentenced to federal prison after Butts County, Georgia, deputies arrested him transporting bundles of methamphetamine northbound from Florida.


Vallejo Man Sentenced to over Three Years in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael Ray Pitre, Jr., 36, of Vallejo, was sentenced Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to three years and 4 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Barrasso Opening Statement at Committee Business Meeting

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), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nominations of:


Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend a wholehearted congratulations to the people of the Federated States of Micronesia on the occasion of your Independence Day on November 3 and on the 35th anniversary of the Compact of Free Association, which entered into force on Nov. 3, 1986.