News from September 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Alton Leonard Lowe, 33, of Eunice, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 135 months (11 years, 3 months) in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for enticement of a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Trenton, N.J. - If you are a New Jersey resident whose home was damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, FEMA recommends inspecting your heating, ventilation, air conditioning system (HVAC), furnaces, septic systems and/or wells to see if they were affected.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Butte man who admitted to conspiring with others to traffic pounds of methamphetamine in the community was sentenced today to four years and six months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Committee voted to advance 12 pieces of legislation to the full House of Representatives...
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, I congratulate all Batswana on the 55th anniversary of your country’s independence.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the Executive Office of the State of California (California GO-Biz), Sacramento, California, to support statewide economic planning activities. This EDA project will be matched with $337,500 in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Long Island, NY - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Ira Hall was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 13 years’ imprisonment for distributing cocaine and the unlawful use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking in August 2017. When Hall pleaded guilty in June 2021, he also admitted to distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a 27-year-old resident of Glen Cove, New York in May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Jeffrey Thomas Ostdiek, 56, of Omaha, Nebraska, was found guilty today following a three-day jury trial in federal court for four counts of impersonating a federal officer. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., scheduled Ostdiek’s sentencing for January 7, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Ostdiek faces up to six years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Ernest Shaw, Sr. of New Woodstock, New York, was convicted yesterday of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine, and 28 grams of cocaine base (crack) following a five-day jury trial in United States District Court in Syracuse, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to the city of Twentynine Palms, California, for wastewater infrastructure improvements needed to support local businesses and attract...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Subcommittee on National Security Chairman Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) renewing their request for a public hearing on the Biden...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Van Buren, Mo. - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be conducting two managed deer hunts in October and November at Big Spring. To ensure public safety, portions of the Big Spring area will be temporarily closed October 15-17 and November 5-7.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: The House today passed, on a bipartisan 254 to 175 vote, H.R. 5305, the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act. House passage clears the legislation for President Biden’s signature.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Texas man pleaded guilty today to a federal riot charge in connection to the 2020 civil unrest, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Tonight, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the departure of Deputy Staff Director of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Dr. Melanie A. Egorin, who has been confirmed by the Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. District Court Judge Aida Delgado sentenced Juan Carlos Pérez-Camacho to three years’ probation for fraud and misuse of a visa in relation with a I-130, Petition for Relative Alien application, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it will lower the online renewal fee for TSA PreCheck® from $85 to $70. The new lower fee goes into effect on Friday, October 1.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the city of Benson, Minnesota, to build an enclosed flood protection system for the city’s wastewater treatment plant and replace...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $617,203 grant to the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Barrow, Alaska, to create a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the North Slope region.
