News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 15, 2021, Ahmyr Younger, age 19, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was charged by felony information with illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Antonio Buzzo, of Maidsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 10 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, KEENO KJUAN GULLEY, 38, of Oklahoma City, was arraigned on federal charges of drug dealing and possessing ammunition after he had sustained a prior felony conviction, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. Federal law prohibits convicted felons from possessing ammunition or firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Davenport, Iowa, man, Demaine Marquelle Glenn, 30, of the 300 block of South Elmwood Avenue, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a felon.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The destruction wrought by extreme weather is often spectacular in its devastation, but the quiet threat of subsequent chemical release can be just as deadly. Damage to infrastructure can lead to toxic substances like chlorine or ammonia contaminating our air and water. While this scenario...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Burnsville man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By State Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the death of Secretary Colin Powell...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Cortez-Gomez, 51, of Riverbank, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced two bipartisan bills that would enhance our nation’s ability to combat the rise of human trafficking. The bills would make permanent...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: Big Cypress National Preserve Issues Temporary Area Closure for Canoe Lake Prescribed Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A former Oconee County, Georgia, middle school teacher was sentenced to federal prison today after he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
By State Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: Kerri S. Hannan, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Policy, Planning, and Coordination, and covers issues related to the People’s Republic of China for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Ms. Hannan previously served as the Director...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 14 years of imprisonment on his conviction of drug trafficking and firearms offenses, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Sammie Ranson, 30, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 18, 2021 in federal court in Omaha by Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon to a term of seven years’ imprisonment for committing two armed robberies at commercial...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. Oficina de Asuntos Públicos. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Lunes, 18 de octubre de 2021. Extraditan a Estados Unidos desde Cabo Verde a empresario colombiano acusado de lavado de dinero. Alex Nain Saab Moran (Saab), de 47 años y nacionalidad colombiana, hará su primera comparecencia...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: Founder of Northwest Physicians Laboratory to pay $1.1 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - A New York man was sentenced to 18 months in prison today in the Western District of New York for violating the Lacey Act and the Animal Welfare Act by trafficking African wild cats.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Moss Point, Mississippi man was sentenced last week to ten years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Dec. 11, 2019 in Grand Bay, Alabama.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former executive at a New Jersey publication company was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars for his own benefit, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Andrew B. Collins, 32, of the 200 block of Main Street, in Hillsboro, Illinois, pleaded guilty to the charge of enticement of a minor on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Sentencing has been scheduled for Feb. 14, 2022, in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield.