News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Robert Haack, 55, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty in federal court on Oct. 19 to violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A San Diego, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury after smuggling nearly eight pounds of fentanyl aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roberto Carlos Cervantes, 27, of Chaparral, New Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court to 19 years and seven months in prison for kidnapping. Upon his release from prison, Cervantes will be subject to three years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
Release: More information about Senegal is available on the Senegal Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
Release: More information about Botswana is available on the Botswana Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, Joshua Tree National Park managers will close a section of Queen Valley Road for visitor and staff safety. This temporary closure will allow the park to repair damage to vegetation and soils caused by unauthorized pull-outs along this road. The closure will begin at 7:00 AM and go through 5:00 PM November 2-4, and November 8-10. Authorized pull-outs are located every half-mile along the road and are not part of this project.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Continuing with a series of enforcement reforms, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today issued a new, comprehensive policy to guide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions in or near protected areas, replacing ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2021 – Registration is now open for the 98th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF), the largest annual meeting and premiere event of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The two-day event will be held virtually on Feb. 24-25, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Priority Construction Corporation, located in Baltimore, Maryland. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that Priority Construction violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: Terry Peck, 46, a former police officer with the Gary Police Department, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Hammond, Indiana, for using excessive force against an arrestee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will jointly host a virtual public workshop on Dec. 6 and 7, to discuss efforts to promote competitive labor markets and worker mobility. The workshop will bring together lawyers, economists, academics, policy experts, labor groups and workers, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: A U.S. citizen residing outside the United States was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for attempting to molest an 11-year-old boy in Vietnam.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Virginia man today for producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: Thirteen defendants, including three compounding pharmacy owners, three physicians, two pharmacists, and three patient recruiters, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas to a years-long, multi-state scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) and TRICARE.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Kansas has returned an eight-count indictment against eight defendants for their alleged roles in a forced labor conspiracy that victimized numerous minors who, between 2000 and 2012, worked in various food service and other businesses in Kansas and around the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: Tracy Stone-Manning was ceremonially sworn in today as Director of the Bureau of Land Management by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Tony K. Sanford, age 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross on Oct. 27, 2021. Sanford was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison to be followed by lifetime supervision upon his plea of guilty to the offense of enticement of a minor...
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks. Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, provided the following opening and closing remarks during the October 27th, 2021 hearing titled "The Administration’s FY22 Budget Request for the Peace Corps, Development Finance Corporation, and Millennium Challenge Corporation".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Tonya Mae Dale, 29, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 25 to five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country. Dale pleaded guilty on March 24.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
