News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Victim Was Attacked With Machetes and a Baseball Bat on a Residential Street.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: House Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request that their Departments work together to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements to provide individuals with coverage for the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be protected and enforced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 36-year-old Corpus Christi gang member with a lengthy criminal history has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of firearms and drug trafficking offenses, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today an investment of $4.7 million to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to historically underserved farmers and ranchers. The partnerships will support participation in Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs, including those that are part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you all for joining this background briefing with senior administration officials to discuss the upcoming U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue in Mexico City on October 8th. As a reminder, this call is being conducted on background, and the contents are.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million in funding to demonstrate technology that will produce clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power. This innovative approach will allow clean hydrogen to serve as a source for zero-carbon electricity and represent an important...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn - Juan Lopez Gallardo, 44, Jairo David Posadas, 22, Josedad Delacruz, 24, Serguin Castro-Carias, 20, all of Sevier County, Tennessee, and Nolvia Rosme Carillo-Rodriguez, 42, and Pablo Daniel Suarez, 32, both of Miami, Florida, were arrested on a complaint on Sept. 30, 2021 by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI").
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: DEVILS TOWER, WY - Superintendent Amnesty Kochanowski announced the selection of Curlinda Mitchell Blacksheep, Ed.D. as the new supervisory park ranger for interpretation and education at Devils Tower National Monument. She will lead visitor services such as managing the visitor center, providing ranger...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Melvin James, 44, of Leupp, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 246 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. James previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief United States District Judge James K. Bredar today swore in Erek L. Barron as the 49th United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A gang member and leader in a major methamphetamine trafficking operation and a codefendant each have been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for spreading drugs into coastal and south Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 21, 2021, that was unsealed today following the arrests and initial court appearances of two Quad City men for allegedly committing five armed robberies and an armed carjacking between July and October of 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly robbed three convenience stores on Christmas Eve.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Kevin B. Marsh, 66, former SCANA Corporation (SCANA) Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: Today marks 15 years since journalist and human rights defender Anna Politkovskaya was killed in Moscow for her brave work bringing to light human rights abuses in the conflict in Chechnya and giving voice to its victims. We again urge that all of those involved in her murder be identified and held accountable ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg woman was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for using the United States Mail to facilitate fentanyl distribution. Audrey Mae Thompson, 40, previously admitted allowing Robert Lamar Bates-Porter to use her residence as a receiving address for shipments of drugs to be distributed in and around Parkersburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal jury has found Lawrence Dunbar, 28, of Cleveland, guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession with the intent to distribute carfentanil, possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $248 million in 10 new school feeding projects expected to benefit more than a million children worldwide, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jewel Bronaugh announced today.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
