News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Niagara Falls International Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - This week, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) will begin implementing safety improvements on 15th Street, including a two-way protected lane for bicyclists (known as a cycletrack). This project will improve pedestrian safety...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - The National Park Service (NPS), Navy Region Hawaii, with the support of Pacific Historic Parks will host the 80th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration to honor the 2,390 American lives lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of O`ahu on December 7, 1941, as well as the continuing legacy the Greatest Generation inspired.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Grier and His Co-Conspirators Allegedly Defrauded Victims of $2.275 Million as Part of an Advance Fee Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Galena Gulch Campground, near Basin, Mont., has re-opened after being closed Sept. 22 due to the nearby Haystack Fire.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) wrote to President Biden to convey their concerns following reports that the White House is pressuring U.S. air carriers to require their employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8, 2021, or else be fired.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: DURANGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Blair Root House, age 63, of Towaoc, Colorado, was sentenced to twenty years in federal prison for one count of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of sexual abuse against two different children below the age of 12. The offenses occurred while the children were in his care at his home in Towaoc, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Hugo Espinosa Chavez (58, Tampa) with the production and possession of child sex abuse materials as well as foreign travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor child. If convicted on all counts, Espinosa faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. On October 5, 2021, Espinosa made his initial appearance in Tampa and was ordered detained pending trial.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A federal workplace health investigation found that an auto insurance company ignored coronavirus safety requirements and allowed others displaying symptoms to work at the same Denver location where an employee died with COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment against a Red Lake man for fatally shooting a Red Lake tribal police officer, assaulting with intent to murder four other officers, and firearms violations, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: A Cleveland, Oklahoma, man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for possessing more than 1,000 images and videos of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Spokane - Today, Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Randy D. McReynolds, age 51, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having been convicted by a jury on June 30, 2021 of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. Senior...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment was unsealed today charging four men with taking part in a drug trafficking conspiracy, including two who were charged with conspiring to rob pharmacies and unlawful possession of a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Tyler woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on October 4, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced Acting Director Ron Jarmin is the recipient of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) 2021 Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences. Ron Jarmin is the acting director, deputy director and chief operating officer of the U.S. Census Bureau.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on October 5, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Jeffrey J. Wagner (age: 48) of Hortonville, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Three defendants have been sentenced for their roles in an interstate dog fighting network across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution designating October 2021 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The resolution recognizes the grave...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the sixth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began August 16. Results will be released weekly August 26 to October 21. New content in the SBPS Phase 6 covers difficulties hiring employees, new workplace norms, changes in...
