News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Multiple Children Through Social Media Apps.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Acres: 85,952 acres. Containment: 11 %. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021. Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 2,069 personnel including: 40 crews, 133 engines, 36 water tenders, 21 dozers and 14 helicopters. The four individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Six South Carolina residents have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including nine handguns, in and around New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Anastacio Alvarez-Lion, 41, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Alvarez-Lion previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine and to illegal reentry after removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - The final member of a central Arkansas group has been sentenced to federal prison for the Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Brady, Crapo: Biden Global Tax Deal Puts Politics Over Progress, Surrenders Fate of U.S. Economy to Foreign Competitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Deandre Young, 42, of Saint Louis, Missouri, pled guilty to one count of.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) strongly supports the efforts of Sudan’s government to resolve protests in eastern Sudan which, as the government’s October 3 statement highlighted, risk having a serious impact on the country’s economy and the well-being of its citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: A Sheldon man who sold large amounts of methamphetamine he received through the mail pled guilty on October 7, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal jury today found three men guilty of various narcotics and firearms offenses for their roles in a Trenton-based drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $1.38 million civil penalty against Campbell Oil and other associated parties for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - At the conclusion of a second trial prompted by an earlier conviction being overturned, a former Gardena Police officer has been found guilty of federal charges for scheming to purchase “off-roster" firearms not available to the general public and then illegally reselling the firearms for profit.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Mahalo (thank you) for your interest in covering the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a cooperative event supported by the National Park Service, the US Navy, and Pacific Historic Parks. The goal of the events is to ensure that future generations will understand the valor and legacy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, Myron Lee Brandon, age 43, of Pacific Junction, Iowa, was found guilty in federal court of two counts of kidnapping and two counts of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The verdict came after a three-day trial before United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland will travel to Moscow, Russia on October 11 to meet with senior officials and other interlocutors to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Georgia has brought federal charges against 18 individuals as part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) on-going investigation into alleged drug trafficking in Southwest Georgia. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Michael Terrell Richardson, of Moline, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 180 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base. Richardson was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a Hampton, Virginia, man from carrying his.22 caliber handgun along with four bullets onto an airplane at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on Thursday, October 7, one week after another handgun was caught at the airport checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: A dozen Lubbock drug traffickers have been sentenced to a combined 106 years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
