News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, the Honorable Judge Carl J. Barbier sentenced DARREL FITZPATRICK, aged 31, to 60 months in the Bureau of Prisons in what the Judge called a “massive bribery and fraud scheme" involving the United States Marine Corps.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Our national security depends on our ability to secure critical energy infrastructure from cyber threats and attacks. Cyber-attacks to operational technology (OT) networks in the energy sector can lead to damaged equipment and disrupt the flow of the energy people depend on every day.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following joint statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcing its intention to issue a new memo terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico" policy.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: The text message came in just after 2:30 a.m. “[T]here is a major search operation going on in Kabul tonight. … If possible try to stay out of sight, and away from central areas." The message instructed its recipients to hide their documents and computers and listed the districts of Kabul the Taliban were targeting that night for house-to-house searches.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Founder of Russian Bank Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to extend the authorization of current surface transportation programs for 30 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 18 unsealed Indictments charging 22 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States Government and the American people, I extend best wishes to the people of Nigeria on the 61st anniversary of their independence.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Montana to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Richard Spring Fire from Aug. 8-20, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE - Yesterday, at a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced a significant law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Today, at a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced a significant law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: FEMA and the state of Louisiana are committed to providing disaster assistance to people with disabilities and access and functional needs. Assistance is also available for those who communicate in languages other than English.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area staff are currently working on Station Camp Creek Trail in Tennessee and Yahoo Falls Trail in Kentucky. Work on Station Camp Creek Trail includes improving trail tread, repairing drainage failures in washed out areas, and repairing/painting trail signage. Work is expected to be completed by mid-November but is dependent on weather conditions.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
Release: THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are extending the public comment period on the draft Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) proposed for Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Due to an error recently discovered on the project’s Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) home page, the comment period has been extended through Oct. 13, 2021, to allow ample time to review materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-The final defendant in a multi-person indictment was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday, effectively bringing to a close the significant criminal activities of an eastern Arkansas drug trafficking and money laundering organization.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Paris, France October 4 - 6 to chair the Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and commemorate the organization’s 60th anniversary. The U.S. delegation will include the Special Presidential...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, that TRON HUGHES, age 40, and DEAMONTE BROWN, age 21, residents of New Orleans, LA, were both charged in a one-count indictment with being felons in possession of several firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia was sentenced this week to 41 months of additional incarceration for possessing a weapon inside the prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Embezzled more than $1 million, victimizing business partner and financial institutions.
