News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to his role as operator of a human smuggling stash house in Phoenix, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nogales.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with UN Special Envoy to Yemen Grundberg

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


New Jersey Supplier for Washington County Drug Ring Sentenced to 10 Years

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of New Jersey has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and quantities of heroin and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


Gilbertson to Retire Following More Than 25 Years in EM

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mark Gilbertson is set to retire from federal service at the end of October following 40 years of public and private sector experience.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of New Jersey has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and quantities of heroin and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


CBO Confirms Health Care Policies in Democrats’ Tax & Spending Bill Reduce Private Health Coverage, Push Americans onto Government-Controlled Care, and Cost Hundreds of Billions

News Release: Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the health care policies in the House Democrats’ reckless $4.3 trillion tax and spending reconciliation bill will push Americans off the health plans they have and like and onto government-controlled coverage, at a steep expense to American taxpayers.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Port Arthur man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.


Meeks, McCaul Lead Letter to Biden Regarding WH Welcoming Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul led a letter to President Biden in support of the White House’s plans to welcome His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew this month. The bipartisan letter was addressed to the President with 180 additional co-signers.


At Finance Hearing, Portman Presses Customs and Border Protection Nominee on the Southern Border Crisis and Need to Install Enhanced Border Security Technology

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus, the nominee to be Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),...


Columbus Man Sentenced to Statutory Maximum in Stolen Gun Case

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Columbus resident who nearly ran over arresting police officers, leading them on a short chase before crashing his car into a tree, was sentenced to federal prison for possessing a stolen firearm.


Alabama Man Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Accused of Spraying Officers with Pepper Spray and Throwing Metal Rod at Them.


Two Springfield Men Convicted in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: Defendants conspired to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico to Springfield area.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Rhamel G. Pate, age 40, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for distributing cocaine base in Schenectady, as well as for possessing firearms in furtherance of his drug crimes.



Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

News Release: The scheme involved the transportation of meth from Mexico to Texas to Iowa for distribution in Iowa and South Dakota.


Federal And Local Law Enforcement Agencies Announce Operation Scarecrow- Harrisburg

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Harrisburg Police Bureau announced a joint initiative (Operation Scarecrow - Harrisburg) that targets individuals who illegally purchase and...


Red Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Ponemah man pleaded guilty today to second degree murder after violently assaulting a woman on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM Nevada Program ’s environmental program services contractor has developed a new small-grants program to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programming at schools near the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).


News Release: MOOSE, WY- For public safety, Grand Teton National Park officials, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, euthanized a highly food-conditioned, four-year-old female grizzly bear on Saturday, October 16. This action was taken after the bear received...