News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A California man today admitted defrauding victims in Cumberland County, New Jersey, through a bogus investment scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Peoria, Illinois, have developed a way to make a better jet biofuel from soybean oil.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS -Gerald E. Cardwell, Jr. of O’Fallon, Missouri was found guilty by a jury after deliberations yesterday at the conclusion of a four-day trial held at the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Defendant induced a minor in the Philippines to engage in sexually explicit conduct using Facebook messenger.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Administrator Kevin Shea announced Dr. Rick Fredrickson Jr., the Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) at the University of Illinois’ College of Veterinary Medicine, as this ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Davenport man, Deontae Montrice Lott, age 39, was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 137 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Lott was ordered to serve four years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Narkevia Lewis, of Houston, Texas, has admitted to her role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William J, Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By John Suayan | Nov 22, 2021
On the eve of Veterans Day earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memo instructing various departments to aid servicemembers – active or not – and their families with their legal needs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah-Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to burn slash debris piles located 65 miles south of St. George, Utah near Mt. Trumbull. Depending upon conditions, the burns will begin early November 2021 and last through April 2022 if weather and fuel conditions allow. The burns are intended to decrease future wildfire risk and protect cultural and natural resources.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican leaders are calling on the Biden Administration to stop throwing up regulatory roadblocks that will kill critical infrastructure projects. The regulatory actions come as the President and his Congressional allies continue to blame the private sector...
By Karen Kidd | Nov 22, 2021
The U.S. Department of Commerce will use billions in recently allocated Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds to help expand low-cost broadband access across the nation.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Chair Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) departed Islamabad, Pakistan after traveling to the country on an official congressional delegation.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a cybersecurity reminder for public and private sector organizations to remain vigilant and take appropriate precautions to reduce their risk to ransomware and other cyberattacks...
By Emily Bevard | Nov 22, 2021
The U.S. recently joined their partners at the United Nations in recognizing the need to do more towards supporting girls in living safe, healthy and empowered lives.
By Karen Kidd | Nov 22, 2021
The United States and Japan recently set a framework to discuss the ongoing U.S. tariffs dispute over Japanese steel and aluminum, a commerce official said.
By David Beasley | Nov 22, 2021
Two Atlanta men who are members of a national gang called Nine Trey Gangster have pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges, a news release said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Dr. Eric Benson, an internist practicing medicine in Post Falls, Idaho, agreed to pay $110,000 to resolve allegations that he unlawfully prescribed opioids and other controlled substances to patients between 2014-2021. The settlement, which was based in part on Dr. Benson’s ability to pay, also restricts the doctor’s capacity to take on new patients already being prescribed opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - The final member of a Northwest Arkansas group has been sentenced to federal prison for the Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearings for the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - The final member of a Northwest Arkansas group has been sentenced to federal prison for the Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearings for the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Moline, Illinois man, Luis Alberto Hernandez-Barajas, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 to 188 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. Hernandez-Barajas was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
