News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After Houston and Humphreys counties decided to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program in mid-September, residents affected by severe storms and flooding in August have received nearly $1 million in additional federal disaster assistance so far.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 in federal court in Worcester to his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Two Individuals Sentenced for Providing “Bulletproof Hosting" for Cybercriminals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ASANTE GAINES, also known as “Santi," 24, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to racketeering and attempted murder offenses stemming from his participation in a Bridgeport gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL PEARSE, an Australian national who was extradited to the United States from Australia in January 2021, was sentenced today to 109 months in prison for his participation in a fraudulent scheme to charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Doua Moua, 37, from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Moua pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 3, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Ferguson Slams Democrats’ Proposal to Snoop into Americans’ Bank Accounts on Fox News.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against Jerome Fletcher Horton, 25, for illegally purchasing multiple firearms, one of which was used in a recent St. Paul shooting, announced Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined the bipartisan Congressional Transparency Caucus as a Vice-Chair and will aid Caucus Chair Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Co-Chair Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) in their efforts. The American people have the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on 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. The Atlanta Field Division, which covers the states of Georgia, North and South Carolina, will also host local Take Back collection sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Gulfport man pled guilty today to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Sept. 23, 2021, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 14-count indictment against four defendants for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to import a controlled...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: EXPERTS: Dems’ Welfare Expansion Traps Americans in Permanent Poverty.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials are urging disaster relief applicants to complete and return the loan application forms from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on 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 20, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Two Chicago women pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is planning prescribed burning projects for the fall and winter months on public lands in Humboldt and Mendocino counties. Crews will ignite the pile burns and broadcast burns only when weather and fuel conditions allow for safe and successful burning and smoke dispersion. Smoke may be visible from nearby communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Hampden man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for robbing a credit union, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Dominique Jade Dragan (28, Valrico) with cyberstalking. If convicted, Dragan faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. He made his initial appearance in federal court on Oct. 19, 2021, and ordered detained pending trial.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Visitors to Rainbow Bridge National Monument are advised that access from Lake Powell will become significantly more difficult until further notice, due to lowering lake levels and mud and debris from rain events.
