News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Louisiana man with fraudulently obtaining more than $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program loans. According to the indictment, Michael Ansezell Tolliver, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle the civil cases arising out of the June 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, returned an indictment charging Jared Desadier, 43, with assaulting an arrestee in Ouachita Parish. The two-count indictment charges Desadier with willfully depriving an individual of his right to be free from unreasonable seizure and with witness tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: A Russian national, residing in the Yakutsk region of Russia and in Southeast Asia, had his initial appearance in federal court today after his extradition from the Republic of Korea to the Northern District of Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a transnational, cybercriminal organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will award more than $21 million to investigate and prosecute hate crimes and assist hate crime victims. Funding will help state, local and tribal agencies and community organizations address an alarming rise in violent and property crimes committed on the basis of race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Sextant Marine Consulting LLC (Sextant), a Florida-based duct cleaning company, has agreed to pay $30,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining more than one Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan in 2020. Sextant also repaid the duplicative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: The Civil Rights Division and U.S Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont today announced a settlement agreement with the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) to ensure that inmates with disabilities have equal access to Vermont’s correctional facilities, programs, services and activities. ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
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By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
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By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sean Amos Robinson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A former resident of Olympia, Washington was sentenced today in federal court for transmitting threatening interstate communications, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Jersey man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with attempting to retrieve narcotics from two Stoughton storage units.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joan Jesus Manso Dieguez, age 35, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty today to a superseding indictment charging him with taking part in an access device fraud conspiracy and a related money laundering conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Ro Khanna, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment, held a hearing where top fossil fuel and industry executives testified together under oath for the first time about their companies’ roles in causing the climate crisis and their efforts to cover it up.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA - The FEMA disaster recovery center in Northampton County at Northampton County EOC, 100 Gracedale Ave, Nazareth will cease operations on Friday, Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement regarding policies included in the Build Back Better framework to help people across the country get health care.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jeremiah Elijah Jim, 31, of Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 27 to 24 years in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country. Jim pleaded guilty on April 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON - Memphis Ross, 20, of Charleston, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for possession of a fully automatic machine gun that was not registered to him. Ross is one of the 15 individuals charged as part of the long-term investigation dubbed the “Woo Boyz.".
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) offers a few “tricks" in advance of Halloween to help air travelers successfully navigate airport checkpoints if they plan to show Hallows Eve spirit during their flight. TSA offers these tricks as tips that may lead you to the treat of a better travel experience.
