News from October 2021
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Acres: 87,786 acres. Containment: 45%. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021. Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 1,460 personnel including: 22 crews, 82 engines, 31 water tenders, 7 dozers and 14 helicopters. Along the western and northern...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Scheme Carried Out for Nearly Seven Years.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressional sponsors of the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 issued the following statements condemning Johnson & Johnson for placing its liabilities for thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc-based products caused cancer into bankruptcy...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Harrisburg, Pa. - Pennsylvanians who have registered with FEMA may be eligible for reimbursement if they paid out-of-pocket expenses for temporary lodging because of damage to their primary residences from recent flooding, severe storms, and tornadoes. Lodging expenses may be eligible for reimbursement if an applicant...
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
Release: In Quito on Oct. 19, the Secretary will meet with President Guillermo Lasso and Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo to continue discussions on democratic governance, counternarcotics cooperation, growing bilateral opportunities for trade and investment, advancing regional security and human rights...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A Belleville nurse, Angela Mohler, 40, pled guilty to five.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) at Calvary Church in Souderton, Bucks County, will close permanently Friday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - A Green Forest man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release on one count of Using Facility of Interstate Commerce to Entice Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity and one count of Sex Trafficking of Children. The Honorable Judge P. K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fort Smith.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - Applying for federal disaster assistance from FEMA will not affect other federal benefits that western North Carolina disaster survivors may receive.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration Aviation and Space Education Airport Design Challenge registration opens Nov. 1, 2021.
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
Release: Counselor Derek Chollet and an interagency delegation from the State Department, the National Security Council, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and the U.S. Agency for International Development will travel to Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia from October 17 to October 22 to expand cooperation with key allies and partners in Southeast Asia, reinforce ASEAN centrality and the role ASEAN plays in regional stability, and address the crisis in Burma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2021, Isaac Bell, age 34, of East Moline, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to alter and rollback odometer mileage on used cars...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The finance manager of a Great Falls construction company today admitted to fraud in a scheme in which she falsified invoices to steal more than $500,000 from a client for the construction of a residence, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, United States District Judge Aileen M. Cannon sentenced 51-year-old Donald Reid to seven and one-half years in prison for dealing methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: -The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Selected Monthly State Tax Collections featuring monthly selected tax collections compiled from state government resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Assault with Intent to Commit Murder, and Discharge of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence following a three-day federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota, commencing on October 5, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Calabasas physician was sentenced today to 14 months in federal prison for accepting nearly $800,000 in bribes and kickbacks as part of a conspiracy that unlawfully billed health insurers for compounded medication prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 13, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Alex Dunte Green, 34, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2021 in federal court in Lincoln for possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Green to 87 months in prison followed by a four-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
