News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Seattle - A series of arrests over the last ten days has disrupted a multi-state methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring. The drugs were coming up from California and were being distributed in King, Pierce, Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Kitsap counties. The 18-month investigation revealed the drug trafficking organization was also distributing drugs to locations in the Southeastern United States including Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Also Admits Possessing Information Associated with at least 20 Credit and Debit Cards Issued to Other People, Some Used to Make Fraudulent Purchases.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled, “The General Services Administration’s Priorities for 2021 and Beyond."
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: The Biden-Harris Administration continues to play an active role in the international COVID-19 public health and humanitarian response. To be effective, the United States believes that global efforts must include the broadest range of civil society, with equitable and meaningful inclusion of faith actors...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso man was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison for dealing firearms without a license, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: This year, the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) and its strategic partner (LMSP) have upped their museum collection management game.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Colombian citizen today admitted conspiring to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States from places including Venezuela, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-In August and October 2021, coordinated law enforcement operations targeting two Portland-area transnational drug trafficking cells led to the arrests of the cells’ leaders and more than a dozen associates, and the seizure of approximately 200,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a memo announcing she was issuing subpoenas to ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP America, Shell, American Petroleum Institute, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce for key documents they have failed to produce...
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
Release: At COP26 during the World Leaders Summit’s Forest Day session on Nov. 2, 2021, the United States launched the Forest Finance Risk Consortium (FFRC). The Consortium will bring together financial institutions and experts in forest monitoring and climate finance disclosure to better assess and disclose exposure to forest-related emissions in investment portfolios.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: 10:00 a.m. WITNESS LIST. Mr. Jon Schwalls, Executive Officer, Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable, Inc., on behalf of Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, Norman Park, GA. Mr. Ed Cinco, Director of Purchasing, Schwebel’s Baking Company, on behalf of the American Bakers Association, Youngstown,...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: A man who made several social media posts posing with guns and marijuana was sentenced today to nearly three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Dent, Minnesota, man convicted of Possession of Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s decision to terminate Ethiopia, Guinea, and Mali’s eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference program...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Today, a Richmond man was the sixth and final defendant to be sentenced for his role in a multi-state anabolic steroid conspiracy that operated across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Seven residents of the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - A Redford man was sentenced today to 156 months’ imprisonment on charges of receiving child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Last of Three Sentenced for Armed Robbery of a Rally’s in Elyria.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Carjacking and Use and Brandishing of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. - A western South Dakota man was sentenced Oct. 25 to two years in prison for attempting to acquire child pornography.
