News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Deputy U.S. Marshal/Senior Inspector Jared Keyworth passed away today due to severe injuries sustained in a vehicle accident on Tuesday, Sept. 28, while assisting in an enforcement mission near Florence, Mississippi.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Yesterday, firefighters on the northwest corner saw an increase in fire behavior as weather conditions became hotter and drier throughout the day. The fire continued to back down towards North Fork Kaweah River until mid-afternoon when the fire spotted across the river. This prompted Evacuation Orders...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - As survivors move through the recovery process, FEMA remains just a phone call or click away. Three federal Disaster Recovery Centers will be closing at the following locations, dates and times. While these sites will be closing, face-to-face assistance is still available. Survivors can find their nearest DRC online at fema.gov/drc, or text DRC and their current ZIP Code to 43362. Standard message and data rates apply.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that, on Sept. 30, 2021, WILSON ROMERO, age 55, of Katy, Texas, pled to one count of possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to her role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that manufactured and distributed hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two McIntosh County men indicted as part of a major drug trafficking operation have been sentenced to federal prison for charges including armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: ALPINE - A Mexican national was sentenced this week to 115 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the U.S. and to 60 months for transporting illegal aliens in the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for smuggling more than a kilogram of fentanyl in his luggage aboard a train that stopped in Kansas City, Mo., from Los Angeles, Calif., bound for St. Louis, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that three generic pharmaceutical manufacturers, Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., Sandoz Inc., and Apotex Corporation, have agreed to pay a total of $447.2 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act arising...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
There were 11 press releases published by the Federal Aviation Administration in September 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: A Superseding Indictment Alleging Glover Stole $1,000 in Informant Funds from the Baltimore Police Department and Made False Statements to FBI Investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Ruben Ivan Fuller, 44, of Port Saint Joe, Florida, has been sentenced to thirty years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to drug and firearm charges. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - This morning, a 55-year-old male from Horse Shoe, N.C. died in the Atlantic Ocean near the northern entrance to the village of Buxton, N.C.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, concluded a four-year project with a final disaster management exercise in North Macedonia. The Advanced Regional Civil Emergency Coordination...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced today that RAUL CABRERA-PERDOMO age 46, was charged on Sept. 30, 2021 in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: With summer’s end, cooler overnight temperatures and shifting colors accompany annual changes to park operations. Here are upcoming adjustments to facility operating hours and important dates for park visitor services and concessions operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Forty-three-year-old Christopher C. Pinkston was sentenced his week to over 13 years in federal prison for robbing three South Florida banks and attempting to rob a fourth during a one-month crime spree earlier this year. Pinkston had already served nearly twelve years in federal prison for a string of bank robberies in 2006 in the Western District of Missouri.
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: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging JAVED SAEED, 52, and DASTGIR SAEED, 68, both of South Windsor, with food stamp fraud offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alfred A. Cooke III, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney Tina Nommay of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Eric W. Johnson, 40, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.