News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Fattorusso, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today the unsealing of a federal Indictment charging JOSEPH EUGENE...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation to help expedite disaster recovery efforts, particularly in small and rural areas, was introduced today by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) in the House of Representatives. Joining Graves as co-leads on the bill are...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Deonta J. Thomas, 29, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court in East St. Louis Oct. 18 to 10 years imprisonment for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment today charging a Louisville man with carjacking resulting in death.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Brady: Dems’ Untargeted Welfare-Without Work Expansion is the Last Thing Americans Need.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for possessing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Hayes D. Horner, Jr., age 67, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud in a scheme to obtain and attempt to obtain over $400,000 in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small...
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
Release: Today we commemorate 35 years of the Compact of Free Association between the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the United States of America, which entered into force on Oct. 21, 1986. The Compact has been a cornerstone of the strong relationship between the Marshall Islands and the United States for more than three decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and member of the Indian Brotherhood (IBH), a prison-based gang active in Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to charges related to two separate homicides that took place in 2015 and 2017 within Indian Country in Oklahoma.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today marks the first anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT). The CCHT, led by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is a DHS-wide effort dedicated to bringing human traffickers to justice, protecting victims of sex trafficking and forced labor, and preventing these terrible crimes from occurring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE - A Nashville, Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to civil rights violations for a series of church arsons, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and aiding and abetting the straw purchase of firearms, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Jordan man who admitted to stealing personal identifying information from family members and acquaintances to obtain credits cards to fund his life and a drug habit was sentenced today to 51 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, KY. - Dayton Jones, 27, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography before Senior United States District Judge Thomas B. Russell, earlier today, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Senate Democrats are on the cusp of moving major legislation that will transform American health care, helping consumers get relief from getting clobbered at the pharmacy window, promoting innovations, and delivering quality, cost effective home- and community-based services to older people and people with disabilities. As we look to these exciting future developments, today the committee will examine the state of health care coverage in America.
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing. The first panel consisted of the Honorable R. Nicholas Burns, nominee to be ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Top Five Reasons Democrats’ Welfare Expansion Fails Struggling Families and Threatens Jobs Recovery.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Nunes: President Biden’s Policies Promise a No Growth Economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A man from the Metro East will spend more than seven years in prison for illegally possessing firearms. Michael L. Dawson, 29, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
