News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Eiandreus Kirkland Rebraun Pique, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today in connection with his participation in a large fentanyl and cocaine distribution ring operating in the Huntington area. William Raeshaun Byrd, 31, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.
By State News Post | Oct 25, 2021
The Congressional Record published “PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” in the House of Representatives section on Oct. 21.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “Senate Committee Meetings” on Oct. 21.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2021
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “Nomination of Douglas L. Parker (Executive Session)” on Oct. 21.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 25, 2021
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “SENATE RESOLUTION 425--RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THOUGHT, AND EXPRESSION AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION” on Oct. 20.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 25, 2021
“EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES“ was published in the Senate section on page S7124 on Oct. 20
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
“Senate Committee Meetings” was published on pages D1157-D1159 of the Congressional Record on Oct. 20.
By State News Post | Oct 25, 2021
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “NOMINATIONS” on Oct. 20.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 25, 2021
“WE CANNOT ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY” was published on page H5770 of the Congressional Record on Oct. 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: A federal jury convicted a North Carolina woman on Oct. 22 of employment tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned an indictment Friday charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey and a Nashville social club owner with violating campaign finance laws as part of an alleged scheme to benefit Kelsey’s 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: A civilian professor at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has obtained a consent decree with Reese Pfeiffer and several other defendants to resolve allegations that Pfeiffer violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by subjecting 23 women to severe and repeated sexual harassment and retaliation at residential properties defendants own or manage in and around Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to mitigate at least 10,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions and pay a $52 million civil penalty in a consent decree, lodged today, to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. In particular, Navistar illegally introduced into commerce on‑highway Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines (HDDEs) that were not covered by EPA-issued certificates of conformity.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: On Aug. 26, park staff discovered an abandoned vehicle, UTV, and boat in the Blue Hole section of the park, an area closed to all vehicles. The vehicles appear to have been dumped over a series of separate incidents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN MAGNESS, 72, of Bristol, Maine, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $45,000 fine for scuttling several sailboats...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced Tara Hupman as the incoming chief counsel for committee Republicans. Charles Park, former chief counsel, will be leaving Capitol Hill to work in the private sector. Prior to joining the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jordan Sowersby, 27 of Painted Post, NY, who was convicted of possessing child pornography depicting prepubescent minors, after having sustained a prior child pornography conviction, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
Release: The United States supports the people of Uzbekistan for exercising their right to vote in the presidential elections on October 24. We concur with the OSCE-ODIHR monitoring mission’s observation that the vote was peaceful and characterized by high voter turnout but share the OSCE mission’s concerns that the elections took place in an overly restrictive political environment and that important election safeguards were disregarded.
