News from October 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Jonathan Sargent, 38, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that JEREMIAH LINCOLN CURRENT, age 39 of Casper, Wyoming, was charged by indictment for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Skye Parde, 38, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, a felony. The Honorable Brian C. Buescher sentenced Parde to 3 years of probation. Parde will also be required to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced that Beau Houser, the Census Bureau’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), received a 2021 CyberScoop 50 award under the category of Government Leadership.

By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, together with Representatives on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Abigail Spanberger and Susan Wild introduced the House companion to the Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports (SAFEGUARD) Act.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - FEMA has approved $65,462,184 in grants to reimburse the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for its costs for Hurricane Michael debris removal operations in four affected counties.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted to defrauding local businesses by passing stolen and forged checks and to illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced today to five years and five 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: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Quintarence D. Morris, 29, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christina D. Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Seven Defendants are Leaders of Cape Town Zone of Neo Black Movement of Africa, also known as “Black Axe".

By US DOT Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: House Republicans, led by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), urged President Biden today to immediately reconsider radical partisan policies that are making already growing U.S. supply chain issues significantly worse.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - 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: OMAHA, Neb. - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 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: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury has found Scott Balotin (51, St. Johns) and Thomas Jones (52, Jacksonville) guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering. Each faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearings are scheduled for Jan. 18, 2022.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that TINA MANUS, 42, of Stratford, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Visit the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center this Saturday to discover the importance of Fort Laramie to the settlement of the West.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: TEMPLE, TX - While the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given a Temple furniture design and manufacturing company several opportunities to stop exposing its workers to amputation hazards, an investigation into a recent serious injury found little has changed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl and oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. -Macario Ulises Barragan-Cisneros, 45, of Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday in connection with his role as the operator of a human smuggling stash house located in Phoenix, Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2021
News Release: Gary Goodale Took Sexually Explicit Photographs of 2 Minors After Prior Conviction for Sodomy of a Minor.