News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin, Tennessee, man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud by paying bribes to secure medical services contracts for the Norfolk City Jail.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today it has published a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Whitelist Development Guide and a new release of the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Integrity Library to protect against...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for false representation of a Social Security number and theft of government money.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granting the Biden Administration’s request for a preliminary injunction...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal check books and credit cards from the postal system, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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 Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eric M. Kortz, 53, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged today with the murder of a United States Postal Service mail carrier, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Grant, 22, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - One month after the federal disaster declaration for Tropical Storm Fred, $10.3 million in federal funds has been provided to North Carolinians to aid in their recovery. Survivors who still need to apply for FEMA assistance have until Nov. 8, 2021 to do so.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.6 million grant to the Workroom Program Alliance and the Cleveland Municipal School District., Cleveland, Ohio, to renovate a 33,000-square-foot space...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - A Hot Springs man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers on Wednesday removed a Rwandan national wanted for genocide in his home country. Oswald Rukemuye, 58, was removed via ICE Air Operations and turned over to law enforcement authorities in Rwanda...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: New York Accountant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - Many New Yorkers who suffered losses from Hurricane Ida are covered by their insurance. But even the best coverage may not satisfy every need, which is why state, federal and nonprofit programs are available.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal jury returned verdicts of guilty late yesterday against Gerald Hunter, 55, of Los Angeles, for the offenses of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and two...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Two Executives Plead Guilty to Large-Scale Visa Fraud Employment Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Visit the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center this Saturday to learn about one of Wyoming’s original trail-makers, pterosaurs.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations celebrates the groundbreaking of the new office annex for the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. Chargé d’Affaires Michael Heath and Director-General Witchu Vejjajiva of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs were joined...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Courtney Gene Jeter, 61, Janet Pauline Nelson, 62, and David Abraham Monalim, 46, with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute (1) 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; (2) 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.),and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) released the following joint statement regarding the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposal to roll back recent reforms cutting red tape in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
