News from November 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - With many residents in Middle Tennessee repairing and rebuilding their properties after damage from the August storms and flooding, federal and state recovery officials encourage those hiring a contractor to be aware of fraud. Disasters bring out fraudsters and con artists, many of whom claim to be affiliated with FEMA when they’re not. FEMA does not certify contractors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Plans for the winter federal subsistence hunt for moose in a portion of Unit 11 were announced on November 1 by Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Superintendent Ben Bobowski, the designated federal manager for the hunt. For the 2021-22 hunt, the harvest quota is 7 bull...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration, along with its law enforcement 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 State Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
Release: The United States and 23 partner countries recently participated in the Proliferation Security Initiative’s (PSI) DEEP SABRE 21 exercise, hosted by Singapore, in support of the U.S. commitment to countering global WMD proliferation threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEREK JONES, an attorney currently suspended from practicing law in California, pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud. JONES is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 23, 2022, before United States District Judge Loretta A. Preska, who accepted today’s plea.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
There were 16 press releases published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in October 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management Utah (BLM) has issued an environmental assessment that includes potential parcels that may be offered for a competitive oil and gas lease sale. The public will have 30 days to review and comment on the environmental assessment. The BLM proposes to lease six parcels of approximately 6,658 acres in Grand, Emery, and Uintah counties on public lands managed by BLM Utah’s Moab, Price and Vernal field offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal jury convicted a Minneapolis man for possessing a firearm as a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Durham resident was sentenced Friday in federal court for lying to agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking questions about a drive-by shooting, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anthony Robinson, a/k/a Slick, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted at trial of conspiring with others to smuggle contraband into the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: GREENVILLE, Miss. - A Tennessee man was sentenced on Thursday to 30 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Mississippi. According to court documents, the United States Marshals Service found that Lafayette McKay, 58 years old, of Holladay, Tennessee, was living in Potts Camp, Mississippi...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 29, 2021, David Jusino Ramirez, age 65, a New Jersey resident, was convicted of drug trafficking offenses after a five-day jury trial before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: Stole at Least $250,000 Between 2011 and 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
There were 17 press releases published by the House Committee on Homeland Security in October 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
Release: WARWICK, R.I. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a male passenger from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) on Friday, October 29. This was the third firearm detection this calendar year by TSA officers at PVD security checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A New York man today admitted perpetrating a scheme to defraud more than 70 investors through a long-running securities offering fraud that raised more than $4 million and caused investor losses of more than $3.5 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - An East Moline, Illinois, man, Christian Matthew Lannan, 24, of the 3600 block of 8th Street Court, pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2021, to the charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a felon. Sentencing has been scheduled for Jan. 21, 2022, at the federal courthouse in Peoria, Illinois, before United States District Judge James E. Shadid.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
There were 17 press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Agriculture in October 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROT VAN NGUYEN (“NGUYEN"), age 59, of San Jose, California was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2021 to thirty-three months in prison by Judge Barry Ashe for failing to register as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2021
News Release: The latest version of Census Business Builder (CBB) is now available with significant updates to the Small Business Edition (SBE) and the Regional Analyst Edition (RAE).
