News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - On Friday, a Las Vegas woman was sentenced to 84 months in prison - to be followed by four years of supervised release - for distributing methamphetamine on multiple occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Fallon Wellness Pharmacy Filled Intranasal Ketamine Prescriptions for Patients Who Were Being Treated for Substance Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - With the National Retail Federation expecting retailers to hire more than 500,000 seasonal workers and employers hopeful for a busy holiday season, the U.S. Department of Labor reminds them not to overlook their worker’s rights to a safe and healthy workplace and to be paid all of their legally earned wages. With many businesses open for in-person shopping in 2021, employers must also take steps to control and prevent coronavirus spread.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: The Maduro regime deprived Venezuelans yet again of their right to participate in a free and fair electoral process, during Venezuela’s November 21 regional and local elections. Fearful of the voice and vote of Venezuelans, the regime grossly skewed the process to determine the result of this election...
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: The United States is committed to using its full set of counterterrorism tools to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province, commonly referred to as ISIS-K, as part of our relentless efforts to ensure Afghanistan cannot again become a platform for international terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - TRAVIS CARTER, age 42, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was charged on Nov. 19, 2021, in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 24-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on robbery, brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to use fake passports to open accounts at banks into which he and others deposited phony IRS refund checks, causing the banks to lose approximately $450,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Pahrump Field Office will host two virtual information forums -- December 15 and 16 -- to gather public input on the Copper Rays Solar Project proposed on approximately 5,127 acres of BLM-managed public land located in the Pahrump Valley in Nye County immediately adjacent to the county line, southeast of the Town of Pahrump and approximately 40 miles west of Las Vegas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Acting United State Attorney Richard B. Myrus announced today that a pair of superseding indictments unsealed in federal court in Providence charge eleven individuals, including three bank employees, with participating in schemes to defraud local banks by creating and depositing checks...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana returned a four-count indictment on Nov. 19, 2021 charging a woman for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Former Memphis Attorney George E. Skouteris, Jr. 59, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment in a scheme to defraud clients. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Students from 58 schools across the nation and abroad have designed one-of-a-kind ornaments for the 2021 National Christmas Tree display on the Ellipse in President’s Park. These unique ornaments will adorn 58 smaller trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree. The trees represent each...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded President Biden’s announcement of his intent to renominate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and elevate Governor Lael Brainard to Vice Chair...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The awards provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allowing those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. In the Southern District of Iowa, the City of Norwalk was awarded funding totaling $375,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Zakaree Stelzer, 25, Lakeville, Minnesota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5 years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Stelzer pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 26, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: South Carolina Chiropractor Pleads Guilty and Agrees to $9 Million False Claims Act Consent Judgment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: A man who was arrested after a Mannford police officer discovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms in his vehicle was sentenced in federal court Monday, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
