News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - A FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) will open to help residents of Montgomery County whose homes or personal property were impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. This temporary Center will be staffed with FEMA personnel and representatives of other federal and state agencies to assist with registration and answer questions about disaster assistance programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Leon Grant, Jr. (40, St. Petersburg) to 14 years and 2 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Grant to forfeit the firearms and ammunition he had possessed.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for comment a pest risk assessment and risk management document that proposes to allow the import of fresh turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes from Samoa into the United States, including U.S. territories, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Marion, Virginia man pleaded guilty last week to one count of possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Winchester man was sentenced today for robbing and assaulting a federal postal worker and cocaine distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and cocaine base and to distributing a quantity of heroin and fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal bank customer identities and then use the information to steal more than $600,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been charged by superseding indictment before a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotic laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Robert Hardin, age 76, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, pled guilty today to traveling to New York from Michigan for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with an 11-year-old child. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2021. Kevin Shea, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was recently presented two prestigious awards from state and industry collaborators. The Ambassador’s Circle Award from the National Association of State ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Springer received packages of meth and heroin from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Joel Malek, age 43, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to possession of a Molotov cocktail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of Cornell Brown on charges of Capital Murder that occurred out of the Western District of Arkansas.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), without any provisions safeguarding religious freedom...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that he suspend his unnecessary parent task force, as outlined by the October 4th memo threatening concerned parents at school board meetings.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - An EM team at Savannah River Site (SRS) has significantly improved the system for picking up, transporting, and processing excess materials and equipment for reuse, reducing the average number of days to complete such tasks from 45 to only a few.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for comment a pest risk assessment and risk management document that proposes to allow the import of fresh turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes from Samoa into the United States, including U.S. territories, with certain phytosanitary measures in place to address the risk of noxious weeds and plant pests and diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Harold Hooten pled guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine base in 2020 and 2021, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) of Germantown, MD, the Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract (ORRCC) at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
