News from October 2021
By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Roderrell Boyd Charley, 33, of Chinle, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 222 months of imprisonment. Charley previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.

By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: U.S. Department of State’s “Heroes of U.S. Diplomacy" initiative will recognize Ambassadors Deborah Malac, John Hoover, Alexander Laskaris, and Dr. Gary Penner, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Ervin Massinga, Sheila Paskman, and Dr. Gregory Martin for their steadfastness in advancing the Department of State’s mission during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Md., - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Arsenio Cleckley, a/k/a “Bund", age 39, of Accokeek, Maryland to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $13.5 million in funding to provide critical environmental and wildlife data to support offshore wind development. In support of a joint interagency goal to develop 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, DOE is funding four projects...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ADAM LEE GODWIN, age 35, of Sheridan, Wyoming was charged by indictment and arrested for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrell Anderson, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Wilberforce, OH. - Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument (CHYO) will be temporarily relocating its interpretation and education programs to the Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom Memorial Library on the campus of Payne Theological Seminary. The address of this new office is 1230 Wilberforce-Clifton Road, Wilberforce OH, 45384. The CHYO interpretation and education staff will be operating out of this office starting on Sunday, October 31st, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in connection with a scheme to defraud the U.S. Navy relating to glove liners purchased for use on nuclear submarines.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A convicted felon pleaded guilty today for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced David Levon Massey (32, Cape Coral) to 20 years in federal prison for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Massey had pleaded guilty on July 7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former San Bernardino County resident was sentenced today to 105 months in federal prison for providing approximately 1 kilogram of fentanyl and 1 kilogram of heroin in exchange for machine guns, grenade launchers and a case of what he believed were six dozen live grenades.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian C. Dixon, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Disaster Recovery Center opened in Union County to help residents in New Jersey affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that former New York City Police Department (“NYPD") officer JOHN CICERO pled guilty today to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and gamma-butyrolactone (known as “GBL") in Westchester County and New York City. CICERO pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: YORKTOWN, Virginia -- National Park Service Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Jerri Marr as the new superintendent of Colonial National Historical Park, effective November 21. She will also provide oversight of Fort Monroe National Monument and the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A convicted felon pleaded guilty today for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ADAM LEE GODWIN, age 35, of Sheridan, Wyoming was charged by indictment and arrested for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning or, almost, good afternoon, everyone. Just over a year ago, the leaders of Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords. Today, I am honored to host Foreign Minister Lapid, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah, to review the progress that’s been made...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Redwood National and State Parks will conduct a series of prescribed burns this fall in the prairies and oak woodlands of the Bald Hills east of Orick. The prescribed fire season in the parks normally begins in early October as weather conditions permit.