News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that Bryan John Cohen, 46, of Indian Trail, N.C. was ordered to serve 42 months in prison and a year of supervised release for orchestrating an investment scheme. He was also ordered to pay $291,000 as restitution.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on the coup in Sudan:
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the actions of the Sudanese military forces. We firmly reject the dissolution of the civilian-led transitional government and its associated institutions and call for their immediate restoration. The arrest of Prime Minister Hamdok and other civilian leaders is unacceptable.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - This week the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, and United States Postal Inspection Service arrested 17 people in Missouri, Arizona, California, and Mexico linked to an organized multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - It’s all treats and no tricks for families who visit Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Halloween weekend! Visit the pop-up tent at Kīlauea Visitor Center near the bus parking area on Saturday, October 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or go to Kahuku on Sunday, October 31 between...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Defendant Argued With and Shot Victim on Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - 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, Announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart for the Middle District of Alabama, and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mark J. Lesko of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - A federal grand jury in Nashville Friday, returned a five-count indictment charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey, 43, of Germantown, Tennessee, and Nashville social club owner Joshua Smith, 44, with violating multiple campaign finance laws as part of a conspiracy to benefit Kelsey’s 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Kenneth Howard Crum, Jr., age 33, of Sidney, Iowa, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 210 months in prison for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography. His prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release. According to court documents, Crum pleaded guilty to the offenses in June of 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tyquann Langston, age 26, and Donza Brown, age 58, both of Harrisburg, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for selling crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl, and operating a drug involved premises in Harrisburg from 2019 to August 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Acres: 88,307 acres. Containment: 63%. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021. Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 527 personnel including: 7 crews, 15 engines, 4 water tenders, 2 dozers and 7 helicopters. Containment on the KNP Complex has...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime was sentenced on October 4, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on the coup in Sudan...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - FEMA has added Dutchess County to the Sept. 5 federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Ida, bringing to nine the number of counties whose residents are now eligible to apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Delaware to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by remnants of Hurricane Ida, Sept. 1-7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Third federal conviction for Port Angeles Naturopath who lost his license in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A federal jury convicted a Mexican national last week for possessing with intent to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Whether you love them or hate them, few other mammals are as active as the American beaver. Hunted for their dense fur to be made into stylish top hats, the American beaver disappeared from Indiana about 100 years ago. However, in recent years, the beaver has made a dramatic comeback and signs of beaver can now be found throughout Indiana Dunes National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- The National Park Service (NPS) has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the redevelopment of sites that were burned in the 2018 Woolsey Fire within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Shining a laser at an aircraft is a serious safety threat that continues to rise. As of Oct. 14, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received 7,186 laser strike reports for 2021, exceeding the 2020 total of 6,852. This marks the highest number or reports since 2016.
