News from October 2021
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: In honor of Veterans Day, Superintendent Niki Stephanie Nicholas has authorized a night of free camping at Alum Ford Campground as well as for all backcountry camping permits for Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a Republican forum titled "Biden's Afghanistan Crisis: Forfeiting U.S. Investment in Critical Minerals to the Taliban.".
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Are FEMA’s Assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Goldsborough’s Internet Storage Account Contained Approximately 26 Videos Documenting the Sexual Abuse of Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Michael Jarcord, 52, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 180 months federal prison for coercing or enticing a minor to engage in prostitution. The sentence was announced today by Jason Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Oct. 21, 2021, GEORGE JEFFERSON, age 45, a resident of New Orleans, has been charged in a four-count Indictment for possessing with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of heroin. JEFFERSON, a convicted felon, is also charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Deontres Javan Taylor (27, Jacksonville) to 24 months in federal prison for disaster assistance fraud involving Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) benefits. As part of the sentence, the Court also ordered Taylor to pay restitution to the United States in the amount of $8,083.19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Alexander Hawes, 36, of Duplin County, North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 145 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, possession with intent distribute a quantity of methamphetamine, two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and two counts of possession of a sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina announces its partnership with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division as it launches the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Gordonsville, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to federal Hobbs Act robbery charges in connection to a series of armed robberies that took place at commercial businesses in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and Stafford County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester highlights the success of "Operation 922," which specifically targets domestic violence abusers for federal prosecution in western Oklahoma. Operation 922 was initiated by the United States Attorney’s ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Acres: 88,307 acres Containment: 60%. Start Date: Sept. 10, 2021 Cause: Lightning. Jurisdiction: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia National Forest. Resources: 622 personnel including: 8 crews, 15 engines, 16 water tenders, 6 dozers and 20 helicopters. Yesterday, fire activity was minimal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Davenport, Iowa, man, Douglas Speer, 31, of West 49th Street, was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, to be followed by fifteen years of supervised release, on Oct. 20, 2021, for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity and attempting to entice two underage girls to engage in sexual activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing an all-time high number of border arrests and the worst September on record as the United States continues to face a crisis at our southern border...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C., - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Washington Division will host its 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, this Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - In advance of New Jersey’s Nov. 2, 2021 general election, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today that the public may call the U.S. Attorney’s Office Election Hotline at 888-636-6596 to report threats against voters, threats against election workers, or any other activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - The former chairwoman of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition was sentenced today for conviction at trial of stealing federal grant funds for unapproved travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, and other unauthorized expenses, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Walorski: Democrats’ Spending Proposals Turn a Blind Eye on America’s Most Vulnerable Families.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: Top 10 Ways to Get Yourself Surveilled by the IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to the Acting Chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Jessica Rosenworcel, ...
