News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - On Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, a Scotland Neck man was sentenced to 192 months in prison for narcotics and firearm violations while on post-release supervision for a prior federal felony. On April 2021, Gerard Roderkus Fenner, 40, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office (BLM) has opened public scoping for the proposed Ormat Crescent Valley Geothermal Exploration Project southeast of Crescent Valley, Nevada. Any input, recommendations and concerns will be used to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating the impacts of construction and maintenance of the road. The scoping period ends Nov. 18, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Beginning next Sunday, Oct. 31, winter season operational changes will be implemented at the Lone Rock Primitive Campground. The micro flush toilets, restrooms, and showers will be closed for the season and no potable water will be available. The vault toilets and RV dump will remain open and primitive...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney Rhett DeHart announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, Oct. 26, 2021, at 10 a.m., at the Myrtle Beach Police Department Annex at 3340 Mustang Street in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: [KANSAS CITY, KAN.]- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced its partnership with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division as it launches the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: ST. THOMAS, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in support of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley man who last year drove his truck into a crowd of demonstrators in Pasadena was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for violating multiple firearms laws, including illegally obtaining and transporting weapons.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Nevada County residents are invited to participate in the annual tire amnesty from Monday through Friday, Oct. 25-29, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. Residents of Nevada County who have bald tires, flat donut replacements or worn-out snow studs can bring them to this event for disposal. The Bureau of Land Management, Tahoe National Forest, Waste Management and Nevada County sponsor the event.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, the Senate voted to confirm Doug Parker to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by a vote of 50-41. In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a markup on Wednesday, October 27th, at 10:00 a.m. EDT to consider the following measures...
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) along with all other members of the China Task Force, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Chris Stewart (R-UT),...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Kingman Field Office has completed a preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) and is seeking public comment om the proposed Grand Canyon West 69kV Interconnection Project (DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2021-0020-EA).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the final report on the 2020 Census Integrated Communications Campaign (ICC), the $675 million outreach effort designed to educate the nation’s 140 million households about the importance of responding to the 2020 Census. The report highlights the 2020 Census...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Wayne Dale Epps, Jr. (36, Jacksonville) to 12 years in federal prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a 12-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Epps was also ordered to serve a life term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Locally produced documentary chronicles several Rhode Islanders’ path to opioid addiction and recovery.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Helping farmers turn the tide on an emerging disease of corn called tar spot is the focus of a multi-organization team of scientists, including from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in West Lafayette, Indiana.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - Residents of Buncombe, Haywood and Transylvania counties who were impacted by Tropical Storm Fred have until Nov. 8, 2021 to apply for assistance from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Delbert Lewis, age 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Lewis to 48 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Lewis will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison, three years supervised release and restitution of $4,600.00 on his conviction of violating federal counterfeit laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
