News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Timothy Brian King, 34, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government property.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
Release: The United States remains seriously concerned at the continued erosion of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including political participation, in Hong Kong. We note in particular the increase in politically-motivated prosecutions, including through the National Security Law, targeting Hong Kong’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to President Biden and Vice President Harris, as well Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, calling for the withdrawal of a faulty legal memo from the prior Administration blocking action on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and for the Archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old man unlawfully residing in Laredo has admitted to conspiracy to transport 12 undocumented citizens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sterling C. Davis and Braheem R. Sallie, both of Camden, New Jersey, were convicted at trial for their roles in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Montelito Sanchez Simpkins, age 36, of Ada, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2243(a), 2246(2)(D), 1151 and 1152 and Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2244(a)(3), 2246(3), 1151 and 1152.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill will take place Thursday, Oct. 21 at 10:21 a.m. local time. FEMA Region 4 encourages individuals and communities to participate and practice the simple safety steps to stay safe during an earthquake.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in Trenton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty to tampering with the computer system at a drinking water treatment facility in Ellsworth County. Wyatt Travnichek, 23, of Lorraine pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a public water system and one count of reckless damage to a protected computer system during unauthorized access.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to secure and protect information handled by federal contractors using artificial intelligence (AI) technology,...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Mr. Bill Crapser, state forester for the Wyoming State Forestry Division, to the committee. Crapser testified before the committee at a hearing to consider pending legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - Cooler temperatures and a forecast of significant rain will provide Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fire personnel the optimal conditions for burning slash piles remaining from salvage logging operations over the next several weeks across northern Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced that James Eric Hampton, Jr., 37, of Columbia, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison today after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Blakely H. Jenkins, Sr., 60, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont has been indicted by the federal grand jury in Burlington on six counts of tax evasion and one count of identity theft in connection with Jenkins’ operation of his St. Johnsbury-based painting business, Blake Jenkins Painting, Inc. Jenkins was arrested on the charges today and is expected to appear in United States District Court tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Larry Deutsch, age 55 of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross on Oct. 21, 2021. Deutsch pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for coercion and enticement of a minor and receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - An Austin man pleaded guilty today to participating in the robbery of a gas station convenience store, which resulted in the shooting of an employee of the business.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Cary man was sentenced today by Chief Judge Richard E. Myers II to a total of 165 months for Receipt of Child Pornography. On Feb. 19, 2021, Randall Womble Smith, 66, pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - Today a federal jury convicted a Cedar Park man after he tried to make a Molotov cocktail during an evening protest in Austin on May 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the State Justice Improvement Act, legislation that will make lasting changes to America’s criminal justice system. Across the country, courts often impose fines and fees without considering an individual’s ...
