News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park statistics on recreation visits show that October 2021 was the second busiest on record for the month of October. The park hosted an estimated 245,834 recreation visits in October 2021. This is a 32% increase from October 2019 and a 30% decrease from October 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Conspirators Crafted Unique Messaging Themes For Each Side of the U.S. Political Spectrum to Capitalize on the Perceived Fears of the Targeted Audiences.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: $750,000 Awarded to Law Enforcement Agencies in the District of Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Dr. Moses de-Graft Johnson, 47, a dual citizen of the United States and Ghana, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, for committing health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence, following the defendant’s guilty plea on Dec. 18, 2020, was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Ashley Renea Hilligoss (37, Citrus Springs) has pleaded guilty to producing photos depicting a minor child being sexually abused. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: $375,000 Awarded to a Law Enforcement Agency in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 16, 2021, Malik Adoyi, age 24, of Stroudsburg, PA, was indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 2, 2021, Daniel Gutman and Benjamin Gutman, both age 39 and residents of Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit offenses against the United States before United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: $241,136 Awarded to a Law Enforcement Agency in the Northern District of Alabama.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Strong October visitation helped Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) break a long-standing annual visitation record. With two months left in the year, 2021 has already become the Seashore’s busiest year ever, surpassing the previous record set in 2002.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on revenue from increased IRS enforcement against wealthy tax cheats...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca announced today that the City of Jackson Police Department (JPD) received an award totaling $504,310 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
Release: We look forward to rejuvenating our partnership based on our shared values of democracy, respect for human rights, and robust people-to-people relations.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
Release: The President today revoked an Executive Order, thereby terminating the Burundi sanctions program and related visa restrictions. As a result, the sanctions and visa restrictions imposed on the eleven individuals designated under this program have been lifted. This decision reflects the changed circumstances in Burundi and President Ndayishimiye’s pursuit of reforms across multiple sectors over the past year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jonathan Wheeler Johnston, 40, of Norman, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. As part of his sentence, Johnston was also ordered to register as a sex offender, and to pay $5,900 in restitution and $40,100 in special assessments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Midwest Petroleum & Convenience, Inc. (Midwest Petroleum), doing business as 7Star Liquor and Tobacco Outlet, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, convenience store, has agreed to settle a dispute under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding an allegation that it refused service to an individual with disabilities because of her service animal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Mark A. Holbrook, II, 43 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm by felon, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Bernardino County man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for operating an unlicensed business that exchanged at least $13 million in Bitcoin and cash, often for drug traffickers.
