News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Greenville, South Carolina man, who formerly resided in Bristol, Virginia, pleaded guilty last week to distributing methamphetamine, international money laundering, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and conspiring to obstruct justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Study Coordinator Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Falsify Clinical Drug Trial Data.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for committing robberies at four commercial grocery stores over the course of four days before taking law enforcement on a high-speed car chase.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PEARL, Miss. - Homeowners and renters from Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson counties who were affected by Hurricane Ida from Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2021, may apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: . As some in Congress consider proposals to expand the Medicaid program by potentially half a trillion dollars over the next decade, it is vital that both Senators and Members of the House of Representatives have accurate information about how the program is using taxpayer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison, resulting in the overdose of one of the inmates, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - A federal jury in Lafayette returned a guilty verdict today against William Malone, 45, of Mobile, Alabama, on child pornography charges, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Fort Smith, AR - Fort Smith National Historic Site is pleased to announce that the Visitor Center/ Museum will re-open to the public on a reduced occupancy basis beginning Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. In order to achieve proper social distancing throughout the building, the limited number of visitors inside...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - William Terrell Hudson, age 41, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Steven Gallagher Allegedly Operated a Social Media Pump-and-Dump Scheme on Twitter to Defraud Retail Investors, Earning Over $1 Million in Illegal Proceeds.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will accompany President Biden on travel to Vatican City, Italy, and the United Kingdom from October 28 to Nov. 2, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN REYES, 28, last residing in West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 151 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One Columbian national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Reentering the United States, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - On Nov. 1, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin offering non-commercial holiday tree permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir trees in Utah. Each year, thousands of people find their Christmas and holiday trees on public lands. Permits will be available for purchase online anytime and in-person during regular business hours, excluding federal holidays.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled, “Are FEMA’s Assistance Programs Adequately Designed to Assist Communities Before, During, and After Wildfire?"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to launder tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: POCATELLO - A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 327 months in federal prison for the second degree murder of Austin Pevo.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: The United States is designating Libyan national Osama Al Kuni Ibrahim pursuant to Executive Order 13726, based on his involvement in serious human rights abuses against migrants in Libya. Ibrahim is the de facto manager of a migrant detention center in Zawiyah, Libya, where he or individuals under his direction have carried out horrific abuses against migrants, including killings, sexual violence, and beatings.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Department of Education (ED), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and the...
