News from September 2021
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: VALE, Ore. - Vale District Bureau of Land Management is lifting local fire restrictions effective Oct. 1, but a regional fire prevention order will remain in place through Oct. 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: A man who was shot in the ankle during a shootout at a liquor store in Waterloo, Iowa, was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) along with all other members of the China Task Force, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Chris Stewart (R-UT),...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Cornelius Hendrix, age 19, of Starkville, to Maryland to 37 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for arson within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mark Ramsey, 31, of San Francisco, CA, was convicted today at trial of insider trading charges arising from his use of non-public information provided to him and former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Marvin Mychal Kendricks by a Goldman Sachs investment banker with respect to four separate stocks.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcing the formation of a Department-wide law enforcement coordination body, the Law Enforcement Coordination Council...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Jennifer Lynne Faith, the Oak Cliff woman whose boyfriend allegedly shot her husband to death, has been charged with orchestrating the murder, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lawrence Paul Schmidt, aka Lawrence Schmid, 61, formerly of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to bank fraud after being extradited from the United Kingdom to the District of Columbia in late 2020 in connection with federal charges related to an investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Kellie Michelle Smith, 43, of Raleigh, was sentenced today to 68 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Smith pled guilty to a single-count Criminal Information on June 22, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 2883, the Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications Act...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Shanksville, PA- On Friday, Sept. 24, twenty years from when the field investigation concluded, first responders, investigators, and support staff returned to the Flight 93 crash site. Speakers included representatives from the Pennsylvania State Police, Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department, FBI...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Ranger Zachary Stuenkel received a Citation for Valor from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland as part of the Department’s annual Honor Awards Convocation. These awards celebrate the most prestigious recognition that can be granted by the Department of the Interior for career accomplishments, exceptional support of the Department’s mission or for heroism.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
Release: “Since the start of the public health crisis, school nutrition professionals have worked tirelessly to continue to serve nutritious meals. USDA has remained steadfast in its commitment to getting them the support they need to successfully operate meal programs amidst changing circumstances. Studies show...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the Biden administration for its next steps to rewrite a Trump-era rule under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to protect birds and provide certainty to businesses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: The devastating impacts of natural disasters, from floods, heat waves, droughts, and wildfires are increasingly testing the resolve of governments worldwide to generate solutions that protect our way of life and safe lives. Recent disruptions to power grids, transportation, water and sewage systems...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on safe school reopenings...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: BRADY: We’re Facing an Economic Crisis of the Democrats’ Own Making.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Convicted Felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced 180 months in prison following an attack on a federal law enforcement agent during an undercover operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Santiago “Jimmy" Perez III, age 40, entered a guilty plea to one count of Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, in violation of 18 United States Code Section 2422(b), punishable by a term of imprisonment of at least 10 years, a fine of up to $250,000.00, or both, a term of supervised release of at least 5 years, and a special assessment fee in the amount of $100.00.
