News from October 2021
By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: And it looks like we have a full house. Good afternoon, everyone. Hope you’re enjoying the balcony. It’s a particular pleasure to welcome my friend Yair Lapid here to Washington and to the State Department, I think your first official visit as foreign minister -.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Washington - An online tool is now available to help ranchers document and estimate payments to cover feed transportation costs caused by drought, which are now covered by the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: On Oct. 15, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., Matthew Robbins will be sentenced in federal district court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following his convictions at trial for robbery and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Paul Krieger, 46, of Sloan, NY, who was convicted of breaking into and larceny from interstate carrier facilities, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - David Levon Massey (32, Cape Coral) was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Helena man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and to possessing a stolen gun was sentenced today to 10 years in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Disaster Recovery Center opened today in Passaic County to help residents in New Jersey affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a statewide investigation into the conditions in the five secure juvenile correctional facilities run by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rick Allen (R-GA), issued the following statement in response to the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s proposed rule on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and proxy voting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Munhall, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the selection of Margaret Garnett as Deputy United States Attorney and Daniel M. Gitner as Chief of the Office’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced they will allow vaccinated travelers to enter the United States through land ports of entry...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Gulfport man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of three firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admits to Carrying Out Two Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming has completed arraignment hearings and set a trial date for five defendants charged by indictment with conspiracy to make false statements during the purchase of firearms and to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffery Allen McCurdy, of Cabins, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BOISE - A Caldwell man pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it to others.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: DEL RIO - A Fort Worth woman was sentenced today to 262 months in prison for her part in a conspiracy to import methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: As visitation to outdoor spaces continues to grow exponentially, the Horseshoe Bend Overlook at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was chosen as a Hot Spot by the Leave No Trace organization. From November 4 through 8, a Leave No Trace Team will work with Glen Canyon staff to provide the local community, area land managers, park partners, and student volunteers with information, service work and education to reduce impacts in the outdoors and to recreate responsibly.
