News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: $750,000 Awarded to Law Enforcement Agencies in District of Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Uriel Ivan Portillo, 35, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Greenville man pleaded guilty yesterday to Knowing Storage of Hazardous Waste Without a Permit, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 6928(d)(2)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Tampa, FL - 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 those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. In the Middle District of Florida three agencies were awarded funding totaling $3,250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: PECOS - Today a federal jury in Pecos convicted a Mexican national for his role in distributing marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Grants are Part of $139 Million Awarded by the Justice Department to 183 Law Enforcement Agencies Around the Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Defendant’s wife used employment at Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance to submit fraudulent claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down sentences of up to 15 years in prison to five defendants for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, and Obstruction of Justice, was sentenced on Nov. 12, 2021, by District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 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 those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. Five municipalities in the District of Puerto Rico were awarded funding totaling $5,320,807.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: $750,000 Awarded to Law Enforcement Agencies in the District of Nevada.
By Press Release | Nov 18, 2021
The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), released following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will travel to Ethiopia from November 18 to November 20. Special Envoy Feltman will meet with senior government officials, African Union representatives, and other international partners to discuss opportunities that advance a negotiated and sustainable...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announces today the launch of a new voluntary chemical security program called ChemLock. ChemLock is a voluntary program which provides no-cost services and tools to chemical facilities to help them better understand risks and improve their chemical security posture.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: PECOS - Today a federal jury in Pecos convicted a Mexican national for his role in distributing marijuana.
By Press Release | Nov 18, 2021
On Nov. 10, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the current heightened threat environment across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Attorney Calvin Curtis, 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in federal court today to two counts involving wire fraud and money laundering for his role in embezzling at least $9.5 million dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake City, known as Calvin...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH). The first of its kind at BJS, this dynamic analysis tool allows users to examine NCVS data on both personal and property victimization, by select victim...
