News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three Minneapolis men have been sentenced to prison for violently robbing a south Minneapolis jewelry store.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Biden Jobs Deficit: Needs 1.3 Million Jobs to Fulfill Promises in Upcoming September Jobs Report.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: FOREIGN SECRETARY EBRARD: (Via translation) Good morning. I want to give the warmest welcome to the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken. We want to thank the very special presence of the U.S. Attorney General and Secretary Mayorkas.
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: REDDING, Calif. - With the return of cool, fall weather, the Bureau of Land Management has rescinded fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Applegate and Eagle Lake field offices in Lassen, Modoc, and Plumas counties, the eastern parts of Shasta and Siskiyou counties in northeast California, and in parts of Washoe and Humboldt counties in northwest Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICIO MILINIK, 43, a citizen of Argentina residing in Greenwich, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to making a false statement during an immigration matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging James Brandow, 33, of Jamestown, NY, with distribution of heroin and fentanyl causing death, distribution of heroin and fentanyl causing serious bodily injury, and narcotics conspiracy. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: She is the First Woman Confirmed to Lead the Northern District Of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Scott Phillips, 36, of Mechanicville, New York, was arraigned today after having been indicted by the grand jury for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Phillips pleaded not guilty at today’s hearing. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered Phillips detained pending further proceedings.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter with 10 other House lawmakers to President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the expedited release of and clemency for renowned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier. The letter is available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: A Dallas man has been charged with unlawful possession of more than 20 firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Acting U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh announced today the awarding of over $33 million in U.S. Department of Justice grants to 26 Virginia-based public and non-profit organizations to fund programs that help address violence against women.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District will be performing aerial herbicide applications across 21,909 acres starting Oct. 13, 2021, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 15, 2021, depending on weather conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Shootings Took Place in Northeast Washington Apartment, in Front of a Child.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX FALLS, Wisconsin: St. Croix National Scenic Riverway is seeking public input about future management of the Fairy Falls Day Use Area, located near Stillwater, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Fifty-four-year-old West Palm Beach, Florida resident Salvatore Renaldi pled guilty this week in South Florida federal district court to orchestrating and running two investment fraud schemes that led victims across the country to collectively lose over $3 million.
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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Top Republicans on the House and Senate tax panels are calling on the Government Accountability Office to look into whether states and federal agencies are taking proper steps to identify and prevent fraud and improper payments in paying out tax credits for health coverage, called “premium tax credits" or PTCs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 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.
