News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert Seifert, age 63, of Utica, New York, was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison for making telephonic threats to three employees of the Albany Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Following a three-day trial, a federal jury in Key West, Florida found Sean Kerwin Bindranauth, 44, guilty of laundering $1 million derived from romance and investment fraud scams targeting elderly victims.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 45-year-old Laredo resident has been ordered to federal prison for his role as a leader-organizer in a meth distribution conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Francisco Villanueva and Adan Corona of Denver, Colorado, were convicted of multiple crimes following a two-week federal jury trial held in Rapid City, South Dakota. The guilty verdicts were returned on Sept. 29, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) today announced the launch of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator, a technology partnership of federal experts, industry partners in the energy sector, and innovators to accelerate the development...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Crane Company Agrees to Pay More Than $4.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit for Non-Compliance with Military Specifications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian, Mississippi man pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Fabulous. Secretary, thank you so much for speaking to Bloomberg.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04), House Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-MA-02), and Co-Chair of the Congressional PFAS Task Force Daniel Kildee (D-MI-05) today sent...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C., October 6, 2021 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in a binturong and a fishing cat at a zoo in Illinois. These are the first of either species confirmed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Services for Crime Victims, 2019. This report presents statistics from the first-ever National Survey of Victim Service Providers, which collected detailed information about the victim service field in 2019. The report...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.2 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. This phase of data collection includes new questions on the Child Tax Credit, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), rent/mortgage arrears, utility arrears and restrictions, summer catch-up education activities for grades K-12 and preventative health care for children.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Justice Department announced 10 new National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites that will work with the Department of Justice, local agencies and community organizations to reduce violence in areas with elevated crime rates. PSP serves as a Justice Department-wide initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: 12 illegally purchased firearms recovered by local law enforcement; shell casings during investigation linked to 10 Portland area shootings.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Two brothers from Oregon, Ohio have been sentenced on charges of distributing and conspiring to distribute fentanyl resulting in the overdose death of a victim, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Santa Fe, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a violent gang-related beating in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: BOISE - An inmate in the Idaho Department of Correction, serving prison sentences for rape and lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a child.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: We are disappointed by the reports that a Saudi court has upheld the 20-year prison sentence followed by an equal length travel ban for Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. We have closely monitored his case and are concerned by allegations...
