News from October 2021
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- A Lawrenceburg, Ky., man, Denero Evans, 32, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two individuals have entered guilty pleas before United States District Judge Donald E. Walter in connection with a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Jim Costa delivered the following statement at today's joint hearing “Agricultural Biotechnology: 21st Century Advancements and Applications".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John H. Ruthosky, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, appeared in federal court yesterday on charges that he sexually exploited a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Pittsburgh-area physician pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics and health care laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A South Yarmouth man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl and heroin offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, senior Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Rep. Jackie Speier, and Rep. Mikie Sherrill, issued the following statements after the release of the second report detailing the findings of the external gender equity review of more than two dozen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women’s and men’s championship programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Bruce Kevin Fleming, 67, of Milton, Delaware, was sentenced in federal court today to one year in federal prison for federal tax evasion. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews pronounced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Khalif Crawford, age 28, was ordered detained today pending trial on a charge that he possessed cocaine base with the intent to distribute it.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and 33 Republican colleagues in introducing the Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021, a bill to protect the full and faithful implementation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and block the Biden Administration’s efforts to subvert the law.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Poor health, viruses, and environmental stress can leave young calves susceptible to secondary bacterial infections that cause bovine respiratory disease (BRD). These severe infections commonly result in pneumonia, and treatments can be costly.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office is hosting an opportunity to share information on an upcoming prescribed burn near San Pedro, N.M. The information session, which will take place on Oct. 28 at 6 p.m., will be held at the Santa Fe County-Edgewood Volunteer Fire District Station 3, 3 Oro Quay Road, San Pedro, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that EVERETT J. DILLON (“DILLON"), age 34, of Golden Meadow, Louisiana, pled guilty today to Possession of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Children in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Thomas Bishop, 48, and Thomas Bishop Jr., 27, for First Degree Murder out of Hardeman County, TN.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Williamsburg man yesterday on charges of filing false tax returns and failure to file a tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Barnard, 36, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 72 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa -- On Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, twelve federal search warrants were executed at various locations in the Des Moines metropolitan area.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement as the Biden Administration reviews country eligibility for trade benefits laid out in the African Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) Act:
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following joint statement after President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Gigi Sohn for Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
