News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Inwood, Iowa, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Greenville man was sentenced today to 171 months in prison for Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Discharging a Firearm in Connection to a Crime of Violence. On July 16, 2021, Tyv Vaaron Lemark Jones pled guilty to the charges.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup of various measures. In it, he highlighted his Havana Syndrome Attacks Response Act that was included, along with several bipartisan measures he...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act to secure and protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Five Individuals Charged with Money Laundering in Connection with Alleged Venezuela Bribery Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Eugene returned an indictment today charging an Oregon restauranteur with tax evasion and hiding cash from his businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: The Defendant Was Granted Compassionate Release in May 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Shilo Aaron Oldrock, 28, of Fargo, North Dakota, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, made an initial appearance in federal court on Oct. 15 on a charge of murder in Indian Country. Oldrock has waived a preliminary and detention hearing and will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Gina Sohn, a dentist practicing in South Korea, has agreed to pay the United States $100,000 to resolve civil liability for alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A federal workplace safety investigation that followed a deadly trench collapse in Johnstown on April 16 has concluded a Strasburg excavation contractor failed to take required safety precautions that might have prevented the death of a 50-year-old worker.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Jaylen Nashawn Spivey, of Elizabeth City, was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. On April 28, 2021, Spivey pled guilty to the charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo is pleased to announce that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has begun awarding its historic $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to assist communities nationwide in their efforts to build back better by accelerating the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and building local economies that will be resilient to future economic shocks.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nominations for membership for the newly reestablished Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, which advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to the occupational safety and health of federal employees.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement in support of H.R. 4252 during today's House Agriculture Committee Business Meeting...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will soon begin pile burning to remove hazardous fuels within the park boundary. This work will begin as early as October 26th and could last through the fall and winter seasons, depending on weather and fuels conditions as well as site conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Ricardo Ballardo Quintero, 33, and Juan Suarez Jr., 28, both of Modesto, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and three counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee will travel to Paris, France October 22 and 23. She recently traveled to Ghana and Burkina Faso, her first visit to Africa in her current role. The Assistant Secretary and an interagency group will draw from her recent trip to discuss current and future cooperation with French counterparts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Beresford, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography was sentenced on Oct. 18, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence P. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL - A federal jury today found Davel Theodore Spady (35, Palm Bay) guilty of three counts of distribution of fentanyl and one count of possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. For each of the distribution counts, Spady faces up to 20 years in federal prison. He faces a minimum mandatory of 5 years, and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, for the possession with the intent to distribute offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Betty J. Marriott, age 71, of Gansevoort, New York, was sentenced today to a year of probation, and to pay $280,413 in restitution, following her conviction on four counts of filing false tax returns. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Thomas Fattorusso, Acting Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI").
