News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: A man who spent federal loan money intended for the purchase of cattle on his personal expenses, including gambling and alcohol, was sentenced on October 4, 2021, to ten months in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Port Neches man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on October 4, 2021, Calvin C. Freeman, Jr. was sentenced to a term of 45 years’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release after being convicted of 14 federal crimes, including sex...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a firearm and possessed crack cocaine he intended to distribute pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

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 DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews are upgrading security barriers at the three vehicle barricades on the Hanford Site, adding concrete barriers and relocating sand barrels placed in front of the guardhouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Tori R. Carlisle, 43, was sentenced today to serve six years in federal prison following her guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Faces mandatory minimum 10 years in prison.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The mining machines are quiet. The salt haul trucks are still.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Repeat offender possessed crack cocaine and 9-millimeter pistol while on federal supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: While detained, Michael Moller also defrauded other Wyatt Detention Center inmates of more than $17,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - The National Park Service is partnering with the Federal Highways Administration to address emergency safety repairs to Cunard Road. The first phase of this three-year project to correct road deficiencies will be Oct. 24, 2021, through November 5, 2021, and will include engineering surveying tasks that will identify areas of road failure. Travelers should expect traffic control measures that will result in minor delays.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: NOAA’s Climate Program Office today launched a newly redesigned version of Climate.gov, NOAA’s award-winning, flagship website that provides the public with clear, timely, and science-based information about climate. The redesign expands the site’s already significant capacity to connect Americans with the resources they need to understand and plan for climate-related risks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jessica D. Aber was officially sworn in today as the 63rd United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia by Chief United States District Judge Mark S. Davis and United States District Judge M. Hannah Lauck at the federal courthouse in Norfolk.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of McKees Rocks, PA, has been sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Andrew Wolf, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, and a teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, was ordered detained pending trial at a hearing in U.S. Magistrate Court earlier today, following his arrest...

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: PITTSBURGH - A suburban Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of federal child exploitation laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook has announced that the City of Shreveport Police Department has been chosen to participate in the National Public Safety Partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Acting United States...