News from November 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE - Odunayo “Baba" Oluwalade, age 25, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to a federal wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme purporting to sell COVID-19 vaccines by fraudulently replicating the website of a biotech company that has an authorized COVID-19 vaccine.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: The Office of Electricity has a new video showcasing its mission to support the delivery of resilient, reliable, and clean energy across the country from big cities to remote rural areas. People expect the power to always be there, to charge a phone or stream the latest show, light neighborhood streets...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he and other members of Congress requested on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis. The GAO report found that MMIW cases are often underreported due to mistrust of law enforcement, a lack of intergovernmental coordination, and a shortage of accurate data.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. - A western South Dakota man was sentenced Oct. 25 to five years in prison following his conviction for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Wright, age 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering of drug proceeds, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with its law enforcement and community partners, has removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s ongoing commitment to turn the tide against the U.S. opioid epidemic. Following last month’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the program has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Construction of a new water treatment facility has begun on the Hanford Site, in support of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW ) Program and future cleanup work at the site.
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement marking one year since the start of the war in northern Ethiopia and on the Biden Administration’s announcement today of its intent to terminate Ethiopia’s eligibility for trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
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: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bryan Krynicki, age 58, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual acts with him. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mosher, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to the armed robbery of a grocery store in Boston’s North End.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A 47-year-old man has pled guilty in federal district court in Fort Pierce to production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and committing a felony offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Josh Hawley (R-MO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Steve Daines (R-MT) announced they introduced bipartisan legislation to update and make permanent the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Brighton, Massachusetts, woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement after Democrats reached an agreement on policies to lower prescription drug costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Tristan Warner, age 48, of Newark, New Jersey, pled guilty today to attempted online enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is very pleased to announce the arrest of Belknap County fugitive, Ryan Christopher Devlin in Manchester, NH on Oct. 31, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2021
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. - A western South Dakota man was indicted Sept. 14 for possession and receipt of child pornography.
