News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Homeland Security and Emergency Management division (DPS-HSEM) announced today that $30 million in federal funding has been made available to the Minnesota Department of Health for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of April 7, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Williams, an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has admitted to an indecent exposure charge and was sentenced today to four additional months of incarceration, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ROYCE NEIL PERRY JR a/k/a “Chucky," 24, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming pleaded guilty to one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of involuntary manslaughter at a change of plea hearing held in front of United States District Chief Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Sept. 29, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Banks, age 41, of York, Pennsylvania, was convicted on October 8, 2021, following a four-day jury trial held before United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson of conspiracy to distribute...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2021 -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $10 million in a new initiative to sample, measure, and monitor soil carbon on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres to better quantify the climate outcomes of the program. CRP is an important tool in the Nation’s fight...
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend congratulations to all Equatoguineans on the 53rd anniversary of your independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Chief U. S. District Judge Martin Reidinger handed down a lengthy sentence today to a Hendersonville, N.C., man convicted of trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, prescription pills and other narcotics in and around Henderson County, announced Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ABDURAMAN ISENI, a/k/a “Diamond," pled guilty today to eight counts of criminal conduct, including overseeing a multi-year racketeering enterprise, interstate threats, money laundering, bank fraud conspiracy, false statements to a bank, and two gambling conspiracy offenses. ISENI pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter, to whom the case is assigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Michigan man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a felon after he and two others were involved in a deadly shootout in downtown Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Malek Mohammad Balouchzehi Is Charged with Conspiring to Sell Multi-Hundred Kilogram Quantities of Heroin for Distribution in New York City.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lance Smith, of Confluence, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to time served for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Havre man admitted to drug trafficking and firearms crimes today after law enforcement found methamphetamine, fentanyl, a gun and a large amount of cash in his Havre motel room, said Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Edjay Jaime Sablan, age 24, from Saipan, was sentenced in the United States District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands to 97 months imprisonment for Possession...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - EM completed an important step in cleanup activities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) when crews on Oct. 1 finished the safe demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) northwest of Los Angeles, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Zabian Hatcher, 21, of the 2600 block of Montana Ave, in Peoria, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to charges including conspiring to steal guns from a federal firearms licensee, burglary of a federal firearms licensee, possession of stolen firearms, and possession of firearms by a felon. Sentencing has been scheduled for Feb. 10, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: HELENA, Mont. - Canyon Ferry Reservoir saw record-high use and increased visitors during the 2021 recreation season. Reclamation is proud to manage Canyon Ferry’s public federal lands, that belong to the American people, and exist for the benefit of all. Staff members at Canyon Ferry are working hard to maintain these areas and make improvements for recreationists to continue to enjoy these resources for many years to come.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, couple pleaded guilty in federal court today to a scheme to smuggle counterfeit Disney DVDs into the United States and sell them on eBay.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Courtland Renford, 22, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to rioting. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Jewel Harris as superintendent of William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Ohio. She currently serves as Chief of Interpretation at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park. She will assume her new role mid-November.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Maurice Lavelle Miller Jr., 31, of Columbus, was sentenced today to seven months in federal prison for distribution of heroin.
