News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL) sent a letter to Ambassador Qin Gang demanding proof of the safety and wellbeing of Peng Shuai, a People’s Republic of China citizen and professional tennis player, after her disappearance...
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Okay, here we go. Thank you very much. You have been talking about the situation in Ethiopia. What’s your prognosis of the situation there?
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jacob Matthew Martz, age 41, of Sharpsburg, Maryland, with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and with possession of a machinegun, in connection with 16 firearms and multiple machinegun conversion devices found at the defendant’s residence. The indictment was returned on November 4, 2021 and unsealed yesterday upon the arrest of the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced by Chief District Judge Mark R. Hornak in Pittsburgh on charges of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement following the House passage of the Build Back Better Act, highlighting the Act’s strong conservation provisions, including funding for climate adaptation and firefighting, drought relief, and coastal restoration similar to the provisions passed by the Committee in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man who pretended to be selling a car and pretended to be an online escort in order to rob victims at gunpoint was sentenced today in federal court to 264 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Nov. 18, 2021, MICHAEL LEWIS, age 33, a resident of Edgard, Louisiana, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). He faces a sentence of not more...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that STEVEN KENT STRANGE, 51, of Bailey, North Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding his former employer’s charity matching gift program of nearly $600,000, and for submitting three fraudulent letters to the court in an effort to influence his sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago businessman who claimed to earn substantial profits from buying and selling heavy industrial equipment has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling customers and investors out of at least $350,000.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $341,893 civil penalty against Nebraska-based 93 Air for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today called on newly appointed Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Joseph Allen Hernandez, age 34, of Marble City, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of Murder in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111(a), 1151 and 1153; and one count of Arson in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 81, 1151 and 1153.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Defendant Caused More Than Eight Individuals, Including Minors, to Engage in Commercial Sex Acts for His Own Financial Benefit by Means of Force, Fraud, and Coercion.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James Flannel, 37, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge E. Richard Webber on today’s date. Flannel was sentenced to life in prison for discharging a firearm in furtherance of a carjacking that resulted in the death of Boris Iouioukine, a Laclede Cab Company driver on June 25, 2018. Flannel previously pleaded guilty on Aug. 2, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Brian Olson, age 42, originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced on November 5, 2021, to 51 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for assault with a dangerous weapon.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recognized the 20th anniversary of the agency’s creation today with a special ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’s original Terminal A historic lobby.
