News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN-04), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Workforce Development and the Department of Defense.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member James Comer (KY-01) and Congressmen Andy Biggs (AZ-05) and sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers on DHS’ “Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law" that will prevent ICE agents from enforcing our immigration laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced two Passaic County men admitted their roles in an illegal money transmitting business.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team joined Europol to announce the results of Operation Dark HunTor, a coordinated international effort on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the Darknet. The operation, which was conducted...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty Oct. 21, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: A Miami, Oklahoma, man was sentenced Monday for possessing firearms as part of a methamphetamine distribution operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Leader of Money Laundering Network Responsible for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A federal jury convicted two Sinaloa Cartel members on Friday for their roles in the Sinaloa Cartel’s narcotics distribution operations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: McCOOK, Neb. - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $41.2 million to Ames Construction, Inc. for repairs at Glen Elder Dam in north central Kansas. The aging infrastructure requires high-quality concrete replacement to repair the spillway chute floor. Repairs will ensure continued operation and protection for residents downstream of the dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Edwin Mack Taylor, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to selling methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center is calling all with family stories, photos, or documents of the historic trails to share them at the first-ever Trails History Harvest.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Wilmington returned an indictment today charging Rick Schriber, 72, of Clayton, Delaware, with receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - As part of a continuing commitment to public involvement, EM leaders at the Hanford Site are engaging the public to help shape cleanup priorities in the site’s 5-Year Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge on today sentenced a Birmingham man for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Night Sky Program: Friday, November 5th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Join park staff and members of the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society to gaze at the dark skies above Florissant Fossil Beds in search of planets, galaxies, nebulas, and more. Meet on the front patio of the visitor center.There are no additional...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act, which tramples religious freedoms under the guise of serving victims...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $4,606,280 to reimburse the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) for its management and oversight costs following Hurricane Sally.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Jean-Claude Okongo Landji and Jibril Adamu Conspired to Use U.S.-Registered Aircraft to Fly Tons of Cocaine Between South America, Africa, and Europe.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Defendant Admits to Punching Two Officers Inside the U.S. Capitol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who stole a firearm from the victim of a fatal shooting in a liquor store parking lot has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing the firearm.
