News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine-A Hamlin man was sentenced today in federal court for importing methamphetamine into the United States from Canada, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, KY - Barret Lawrence, 39, of Franklin, Kentucky, was sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Greg N. Stivers today to 15 years in prison followed by a life term of Supervised Release for receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, accessing with the intent to view child pornography, and possession of child pornography. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of West Virginia, is teaming up with Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, the FBI, and West Virginia University to hold a symposium discussing the cutting-edge methods used to convict a serial killer who preyed on veterans at the veteran’s hospital in Clarksburg.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor and the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston have signed an alliance to provide hazard prevention training and training on employees’ workplace safety and health rights to Mexican nationals and others working in New England. It will also educate them on how the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas handed down a 30-year federal prison sentence for Bryan David Burke, an Oakland Park man who went on a one-month armed robbery spree in South Florida earlier this year. The judge sentenced a second armed robber, Fort Lauderdale resident Kelvyn Lavon Cross, Jr., to 17 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A dual New York and Florida resident today admitted his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans totaling over $6.8 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Georgia man was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $285,742 through a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy John Watson, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for unlawfully possessing a firearm silencer, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Robbery Took Place at Lunchtime at Fast-Food Restaurant.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Led Officers on a High-Speed Chase and Crashed into Another Car and a Tree, Which Fell Onto Two Unoccupied Cars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White accepted a plea of guilty from Kevin Karll on today’s date for the crimes of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Judge White set sentencing for Jan. 11, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected another firearm in a man’s backpack at a BOS security checkpoint this weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Adulterating Drug Used in Cataract Surgeries.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As severe drought conditions continue, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project began the 2022 water year with 3.21 million acre-feet of water-one of the lowest starting points in recent years. CVP major reservoirs include: Trinity, Shasta, Folsom, New Melones, Millerton, and the federal share of San Luis Reservoir-approximately 52% of a 15-year average. The water year begins Oct. 1 each year and ends Sept. 30.
By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone, and let me just say again, welcome to my friend, Sheikh Abdullah. It’s wonderful to have him here. We spent the morning with our Israeli colleague and had a very good and productive meeting among the three of us, both in celebration of the anniversary of the Abraham Accords, but also focused in on the work that we’re actually doing together and the work that the UAE and Israel are doing as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Minneapolis man for making threats against Hennepin County employees and illegally possessing firearms as a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the new and returning members of the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC), an important component of DOE’s strategy to improve its research and development portfolio and program activities. Each member is appointed by the U.S. Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Springfield, MO - U.S. Marshals-Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Greene County Sheriff’s Department located and coordinated the apprehension of a Springfield man on Wednesday who fled to Mexico to avoid being sentenced in Greene County Circuit Court on numerous sex offense charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Trini E. Ross was sworn in on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, as United States Attorney for the Western District of New York. Ms. Ross was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on July 26, 2021, and unanimously confirmed by the Senate on Sept. 30, 2021, for the Western District of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: DULUTH, Minn. - A Duluth man pleaded guilty today to tax evasion for failing to report his business revenue and income to the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
