News from November 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $120,000 civil penalty against Braille Battery, Inc., of Sarasota, Fla., for alleged hazardous materials violations.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Deji, thank you. Thank you so much. I think that’s the best introduction I’ve ever gotten. (Laughter.) I’m glad it’s being recorded. I want to be able to replay it.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man to pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - Louisville pharmacist Gary Green was sentenced to 9 months in prison, payment of a $4,000 fine, an order of restitution in the amount of $188,157.55, and forfeiture of $34,395 for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent prescriptions for pain creams and regulatory violations relating to the storage of controlled substances.
By Press Release | Nov 19, 2021
Starting Nov. 8, foreign nationals who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and have appropriate documentation will be permitted to enter the United States via land ports of entry (POEs) and ferry terminals for non-essential reasons such as tourism.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. -Joshua A. Ward, 35, of East Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on Nov. 18, 2021, to 15 years in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Twin Falls woman was sentenced to five years of probation for social security fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of a 2019 indictment charging Piero Antonio Lubo-Barros, a/k/a “Nostradamus," (41, Colombia, South America) with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States. If convicted on all counts, Piero Antonio Lubo-Barros faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: ST. THOMAS - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a St. Thomas man was arrested Sept. 14, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia and transported to St. Thomas, USVI on criminal charges related to allegedly conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Hartford, Conn.- A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Norwalk (Fairfield County) will open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, to help Connecticut residents affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: For Attempting and Conspiring to Commit Robbery Affecting Commerce and Possessing a Firearm as a Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Seattle Doctor Found Guilty of Fraudulently Obtaining Millions of Dollars from COVID-19 Relief Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Tony Davis was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo to 13 years in prison for supplying the heroin and fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of a 41-year-old San Diego woman, on Oct. 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 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...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today 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...
