News from October 2021
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
Release: Washington - During a visit to Riverdale Elementary in Riverdale, Maryland today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is joining with students, parents, schools, communities and partners across the nation in recognition of National School Lunch Week...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Troy Murphy, 30, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced on Oct. 12, 2021 in federal court for selling firearms to a felon and being a user of methamphetamine in possession of firearms. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Murphy to concurrent terms of 77 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Murphy will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - On October 9, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle-trained wild horse and burro adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada. All 14 animals showcased at the event were adopted.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from the wildfires in Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Tehama and Trinity counties have two weeks left to apply for disaster assistance.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
Release: At the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), September 13 - Oct. 11, the United States advanced country-specific and thematic actions to promote greater respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls, LGBTQI+ persons, indigenous persons, members of ethnic and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Lillian Elaine Brady, 53, Cherokee, N.C., to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl and other narcotics, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana residents with experience in customer service, data entry, external affairs, logistics and more have several opportunities to join the Hurricane Ida response and recovery effort as temporary employees. Hiring local, temporary staff is one way FEMA diversifies its workforce and broadens its expertise.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today following his guilty plea to a charge of possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 165,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: The owners of a cryptocurrency company have pleaded guilty to tax evasion, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, a House Foreign Affairs Committee delegation, led by Chair Gregory W. Meeks, returned from its travel to Lisbon, Portugal and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - DiTwan Davis, 26, of Goldsboro North Carolina, was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2021 to 118 months in prison for Possession of a firearm by a Convicted Felon and Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute a quantity of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the proposal to extend the withdrawal of 694,838.84 acres of federal land in Churchill, Lyon, Mineral, Nye and Pershing Counties, Nevada, for an additional four years. The purpose of the proposed withdrawal extension is to maintain current environmental...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Secretary of Homeland Security announcing its worksite enforcement strategy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced RICHARD GRAY, age 60, of LaPlace, Louisiana, on October 7, 2021 to 18 months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), 846, 843(b), and 18 U.S.C. Section 2, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington felon who was caught with guns earlier this year pleaded guilty today in federal court. Kevlin Jerrod Jackson, 41, entered a guilty plea to prohibited possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Jose Carlos Grubisich, a Brazilian national and the former Chief Executive Officer of Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a publicly traded Brazilian petrochemical company, was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 20 months in...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following previous letters to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube on the rise in violent extremist content on their platforms, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is pressing the Chief Executive Officer of TikTok for more...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Amos Minger, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX - A dozen Lubbock drug traffickers have been sentenced to a combined 106 years in federal prison.
