News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Father And Son Convicted Of Scheme To Transport Minor Child Between Croatia And Florida For Sexual Activity

News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Jordan Jysae Pulido (27, Trinity) guilty of enticement and coercion of minor, traveling out of the country to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and transporting a minor into the United States to engage in sexual activity. The jury also found Pulido and his father...


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - After more than seven years of extradition proceedings in the Netherlands, a Dutch woman brought by the FBI to the United States yesterday made her initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to face charges stemming from her alleged participation in a terrorist financing ring in support of the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab.


Gree Appliance Companies Charged with Failure to Report Dangerous Dehumidifiers and Agree to $91 Million Resolution

News Release: Gree Appliance Companies Charged with Failure to Report Dangerous Dehumidifiers and Agree to $91 Million Resolution.


200 kilograms of methamphetamine seized from Gwinnett County home

News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Almarud Duarte, David Garcia, Kevin Tello, and Eduardo Penaloza-Pacheco have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to sell methamphetamine by the kilogram. When law enforcement searched their residences, they seized approximately 200 kilograms of methamphetamine, the bulk of it coming from Garcia’s residence in Duluth.


Winter Springs Woman Sentenced To Eight Years In Federal Prison For More Than $1 Million In Fraud

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Justina Maria Holland - now known as Justina Maria Rummel - (36, Winter Springs) to eight years in federal prison and ordered her to pay $1,161,185.64 in restitution. Holland had previously pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, false use of a Social Security number, and theft of government property.


Bureau of Land Management to conduct prescribed burning in Owyhee Mountains

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting the Bruneau-Owyhee Sage-Grouse Habitat (BOSH) Jackpot Prescribed Burn, located southwest of Jordan Valley, OR, between Nov. 1 and April 30 depending on weather, fuel and ground conditions.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that HECTOR RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ, age 55, was charged in a one-count bill of information for reentry of a deported alien previously convicted of a felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)and (b)(2).


News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Drew Beck, 36, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 4 to two years and five months in prison for domestic assault by a habitual offender.


Peoria Heights Woman Sentenced to 136 months in Prison for Possession of  Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Heights, Illinois, woman, Nicole M. Sutton,40, of the 2000 block of East Cardinal Court, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2021, to 136 months for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, to be followed by four years of supervised release.


Facilitator of Drug Trafficking in Brattleboro Sentenced

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dean Gero, 54, formerly of Brattleboro, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont in connection with his drug trafficking activity. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford sentenced Gero to a time-served term of incarceration and three years of supervised release.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Offenses

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that REYNAUD KENDRELL VARISTE (“VARISTE"), age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A) and possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that DAVID A. JACKSON, a/k/a GERALD DAVID JACKSON, a/k/a GERALD D. RODERICK-JACKSON, of Gillette, Wyoming was charged by indictment with multiple counts of wire and tax fraud. Jackson appeared for an arraignment hearing before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin on Oct. 27, 2021 and pled not guilty to the charges. A trial has been set for Dec. 31, 2021.


2021 Indo-Pacific Business Forum Promotes an Open, Interconnected, Resilient, and Secure Indo-Pacific

Release: The Governments of the United States and India co-hosted the fourth annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) virtually October 28-29, 2021. This marked the first time this event has been co-hosted in South Asia. The IPBF advances the United States’ vision for an open, interconnected, resilient, and...


U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Initiative to Combat Redlining

News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has launched a new Combatting Redlining Initiative to address the illegal deprivation of mortgage lending services for communities of color.