News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Craig Darrah, age 56, formerly of Saint Peters, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for attempted child enticement. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Darrah to 10 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Darrah will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: Alongside Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, today I signed an amendment to the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA). The MDCA is the bedrock of our defense cooperation and has helped strengthen our common defense for more than three decades. This second amendment to the MDCA in...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER AL SAUD: Good afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LACEY STEWART, age 34, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana was sentenced on Oct. 13, 2021 to one year probation after pleading guilty as charged to a one count Bill of Information on June 29, 2021. She was charged in 2021 by a Bill of Information with Mail Theft, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Original News Release 9/28/2021: Travelers on Highway 95 in rural Utah are advised that fuel service is out in Hite, Utah. The 24-hour, pay-at-the-pump service will be out until further notice. Hite is a remote Ranger District in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, located at the top of Lake Powell...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: The Governments of the United States and Greece held the third United States - Greece Strategic Dialogue in Washington, DC on Oct. 14, 2021. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken launched the Strategic Dialogue, which included high-level interagency representation from both countries.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the election of 18 new members to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC):
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics will issue a press release and report, Criminal Victimization, 2020,.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., along with stake holders in the Frayser Community announced the “Better Community Summit" effort to reduce violent crime throughout our city. Organizers and participants in initial summit include the Memphis Police Department, represented by Deputy Chief Paul Wright, Pursuit of God Transformation Center, represented by Pastor Ricky Floyd, and Charles Caswell, Executive Director of Legacy of Legends, CDC.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for engaging in racketeering activity that included murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: While on Federal Firearms Pre-trial Release Brown Possessed Over 300 grams of Fentanyl-Enough to Kill 150,000 People.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: Since the earliest days of this Administration, President Biden has made clear that our foreign policy would be grounded in America’s most cherished democratic values: defending freedom, championing opportunity, upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms, respecting the rule of law, and treating...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to burn slash piles within the Cody, Lander and Worland field office areas this fall and winter. These pile burns will reduce accumulated slash from previous mechanical thinning projects.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service partnered on a first-of-its-kind, nationwide harmful algal bloom, or HAB, field study that began this summer and will continue over the next two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man with a history of violent behavior has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded nearly $26.2 million to the municipality of Yabucoa to rebuild the Félix "Nacho" Millán baseball stadium. This obligation is an addition to the more than $41 million that has been obligated for the municipality to date for 61 other permanent work projects.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: BOISE--Idaho’s U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Idaho leaders, concerned constituents, and business and financial leaders for a roundtable discussion on a proposal to create a reporting scheme where financial intermediaries report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on customer deposits and withdrawals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Last Defendant Sentenced in Gangster Disciples Case.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
