News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that, WILLIAM MEIER, 39, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for attempting to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Tennessee physician was sentenced today in the Western District of Tennessee to 20 years in prison for his unlawful prescribing of opioids that caused the death of one of his patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Guatemalan national who operated an international drug trafficking ring received a life sentence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roy Thundercloud, 40, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court today to five years and 10 months in prison. Thundercloud pleaded guilty on March 26 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
Release: More information about Micronesia is available on the Micronesia country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: This morning the Finance Committee meets to discuss President Biden’s nomination of Chief Chris Magnus to lead Customs and Border Protection. I want to thank Chief Magnus for joining the committee today and for his willingness to take on this extraordinarily difficult job.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ivan Reyes Arzate, a former Mexican Federal Police Officer and Commander of the Mexican Federal Police’s Sensitive Investigative Unit (“SIU"), pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Reyes Arzate received a bribe in exchange for agreeing to assist...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released findings from the 2020 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which show a 22% decline in the total violent victimization rate from 2019 to 2020. The rate of violent crime dropped from 21.0 to 16.4 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A new animation of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW ) Program at the Hanford Site shows the integrated procedure that achieves tank waste treatment. That process is a key component of EM ’s strategic cleanup vision.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
Release: Topic: Investment Opportunities in Egypt’s Technical Textiles Industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Abdulkawi Al Shuaibi, 48, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of theft of government money, was sentenced to time-served, two years supervised release, and ordered to pay $76,393.50 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: Indictment Charges Harlan Kelly And A SF Real Estate Investor With Loan Fraud Conspiracy In Addition To Kelly’s Earlier Charged Bribery-Related Conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 18, 2021, Jerald Ungerer, age 34, formerly of Milford, Pennsylvania, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Kevin Sylvester, Chief of the Village of Ossining Police Department (“Ossining PD"), announced the unsealing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: A federal jury today convicted a Tulsa man who assaulted and attempted to kidnap his wife then called her from jail trying to convince her to lie to authorities about the incident, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Shawn Woods, a/k/a Pif, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute of 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Credit Suisse Group AG, a global financial institution headquartered in Switzerland, and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (CSSEL), its subsidiary in the United Kingdom (collectively, Credit Suisse), each admitted to conspiring to commit wire fraud by defrauding U.S. and international...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of Bobbi Jo Heiss, 34, of Fresno, charging her with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2021
News Release: Acres: 88,184 acres. Containment: 55%. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021. Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 695 personnel including: 11 crews, 19 engines, 18 water tenders, 9 dozers and 14 helicopters. Snow fell across most of the fire...
