News from October 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching a nationwide solicitation to find a new design for control towers that can be built and operated sustainably at regional and municipal airports.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement regarding the inclusion of his Clean Energy for America Act in President Biden’s Build Back Better framework released this morning...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: A Detroit woman was sentenced today to 58 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty for her role in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul led a letter to U.S. Agency for Global Media (USGM) Acting Chief Executive Officer Kelu Chao demanding answers on why a previously fired USAGM official was rehired in light of multiple discrepancies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Kerry Trent Kinard, 50, of Bamberg, was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison after pleading guilty to making false statements while trying to illegally acquire a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Mansfield man who was convicted by a jury earlier this year of illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Sitka National Historical Park will host a conservation workshop on textile-based regalia Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 at 10:00 am until 2:30 pm. Registration is required as participation in this workshop is limited to ten people; please call 907-747-0110 to sign up.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: A Russian national, residing in the Yakutsk region of Russia and in Southeast Asia, had his initial appearance in federal court today after his extradition from the Republic of Korea to the Northern District of Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a transnational, cybercriminal organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Ahmad Rashad Weston, a/k/a “Blood," (42, St. Petersburg) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of a drug mixture containing heroin and fentanyl, as well as 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Acres: 88,307 acres. Containment: 69%. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021. Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 532 personnel including: 8 crews, 13 engines, 5 water tenders, 2 dozers and 6 helicopters. Firefighters on the KNP Complex...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Patrick Kain, age 35, of Norwich, New York was sentenced today to thirty-five years’ imprisonment for three counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of committing a felony involving a minor by a registered sex offender. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nicholas County man was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Hardin woman who admitted to burning down a house on the Crow Indian Reservation in 2020 was sentenced on Oct. 27 to 30 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Dems’ Terrifying IRS Scheme Increases Audit Rates for Every American With a Job.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced two members of the racially motivated violent extremist group “The Base" each to nine year in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for firearms and alien-related charges arising from federal charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A tax preparer pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns on behalf of himself and his clients resulting in a tax loss to the U.S. taxpayer of more than $140,000, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and IRS Criminal Investigations Atlanta Field Office Special Agent in Charge James Dorsey.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Machine Gun and 20 Firearms Seized During Operation.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -This morning at a hearing to examine “Social Media Platforms and the Amplification of Domestic Extremism and Other Harmful Content," expert witness, Dr. Nathaniel Persily, Co-Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will award more than $21 million to investigate and prosecute hate crimes and assist hate crime victims. Funding will help state, local and tribal agencies and community organizations address an alarming rise in violent and property crimes committed on the basis of race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Christopher Simmons, 40, of Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 26, 2021, for three counts of financial institution fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Sentencing for Simmons has been scheduled for Feb. 24, 2022, at the U.S. Courthouse in Peoria, Illinois.
