News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced James Dorsey, age 36, of Baltimore, to 90 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking arrived in Jordan today. He will then travel on to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. Special Envoy Lenderking will meet with the Republic of Yemen Government, Yemeni civil society representatives, regional senior government and UN officials, and other international...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Winnebago County man has been indicted on federal firearm and drug trafficking charges.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) target: to enable community solar systems to power the equivalent of five million households by 2025 and create $1 billion in energy bill savings. Reaching these milestones will help...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--In a joint statement, Congress’s top Republican tax writers, Senate Finance Committee Republican Leader Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas), blasted the Biden Administration’s announcement that it had reached an agreement with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ian Hoffmann, 42, of Bell Canyon, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: At approximately 3:00 pm this afternoon, the KNP Complex received a radio transmission that a tree had fallen, striking four individuals working on the KNP Complex Fire. The patients were all brought to the nearest helispot and were transported by air to area hospitals. All four individuals are receiving medical care. Thankfully, while the injuries are serious, they are in stable condition, and we are grateful.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Bidenflation Forcing Families to Spend Another $175/Month on Food, Fuel, Housing.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to a federal prison term for leading a conspiracy to distribute and sell oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax while also defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and his son was sentenced for conspiring with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Fernando Contreras-Herrera, 25, and Cesar Inda-Silva, 25, both from Mexico, were each sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Appropriations Committee, today announced a $299,362 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to support wetlands protection.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: HAMPTON, Virginia -- National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Eola L. Dance superintendent of Fort Monroe National Monument. Located in Hampton, Virginia, the fort is known as the “Gibraltar of the Chesapeake" and “Freedom’s Fortress," with more than 400 years of historical significance. Dance will begin her new assignment on October 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years in jail to be followed by 10 years supervised release and ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to two separate victims on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top lawmakers on health committees in the House of Representatives are calling on the non-partisan congressional scorekeeper, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), for a public analysis of the health care provisions in Democrats’ $4.3 trillion tax and spending spree...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - Local governments, houses of worship and other nonprofit organizations in Avery, Buncombe. Haywood, Madison, Transylvania, Yancy and Watauga counties have until Oct. 22, 2021 to submit requests for FEMA Public Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Seattle - Nicholas W. Brown was sworn in today as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Mr. Brown previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the office from 2007 to 2013. From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Brown served as General Counsel to Governor Jay Inslee, and was a partner...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) kicked off a Republican Meeting debunking Democrats’ myths, lies, and debunked claims about taxes and Republican tax reform by saying...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: MCALLEN, TX - Residents of McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at McAllen International Airport (MFE) October 18 - 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - On today’s date, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Dominick Anderson, 41, of St. Louis, Missouri, to 117 months in prison for robbing a man of methamphetamine and shooting him.
