News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


Lutheran Pastor Sentenced for Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. - Steven P. Tibbetts, 62, of Godfrey, Illinois, was sentenced to 87 months in.


Meeks, McCaul Issue Statement Ahead of Georgian Elections

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement ahead of this weekend’s elections in Georgia...


USDA Cites Florida Cool Cargo Inc. in Florida for PACA Violations

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Florida Cool Cargo Inc. (Florida Cool), Miami, Fla., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operator of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender, Assault by Strangulation, and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.


News Release: A drug trafficker who advertised narcotics on Instagram and Telegram was sentenced yesterday to more than 19 years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fraudulently using another person’s Social Security number.


News Release: Defendant previously deported on four occasions.


News Release: The Defendants Allegedly Murdered Victim 1 and Profited from His Death by Selling the Victim’s Controlled Substances.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


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.


Tractor-Trailor Driver from Illinois Sentenced for Transporting Minor from Virginia to South Dakota and Engaging in Criminal Sexual Activity

News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- A Cahokia, Illinois man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison for transporting a minor from Virginia to South Dakota with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.


Seasonal closure set for BLM’s Blackwell Island recreation site and boat launch

News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The annual seasonal closure for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blackwell Island boat launch and recreation area is set to begin Oct. 12. Boaters wishing to use the launch lanes should do so prior to the evening of Oct. 11. The popular site will re-open just before the Memorial Day weekend in late May.


News Release: ST. THOMAS, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the U.S. Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission has received a $10,233 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in support of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Public Defenders Incentive Program.


DOE Announces up to $400 Million for Basic Research to Advance the Frontiers of Science

Release: Annual Open Call Funding Announcement Covers Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Nuclear Physics, and More


Brother and Sister Admit to Forced Labor Scheme

News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Sept. 30, 2021.


News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing...


U.S. Department of Labor publishes 79 press releases in September

There were 79 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Labor in September.