News published on Federal Newswire in September 2021

News from September 2021


Volunteers turn out for National Public Lands Day 2021 near Ely

News Release: ELY, Nev. - National Public Lands Day volunteers participated in two separate projects Saturday, Sept. 25, pulling weeds at the Baker Archaeological Site to improve the visitor experience and cutting tree limbs at the Ward Mountain Recreation Area's Birkebeiner Trail to enhance public safety.



@EdLaborGOP to DOL: Scrap the Job-Killing Vaccine Mandate

News Release: Today, every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh requesting he immediately suspend work on the inappropriate, unprecedented, and likely unlawful national mandate for COVID-19 vaccination and testing in the workplace.


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Cedar Rapids Man Charged with Being a Drug User in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

News Release: Douglas Studer, age 62, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with being a drug user in possession of firearms and ammunition. The charge is contained in an Indictment unsealed on Sept. 27, 2021, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


Former New York City Department of Education Senior Official and Three Others Charged with Extortion Conspiracy and Bribery

News Release: Eric Goldstein, the former CEO of the Office of School Support Services, Allegedly Solicited and Accepted Bribe Payments from Co-Defendants.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal agents arrested two officers with the Columbus Division of Police’s drug cartel unit.


Elmira Methamphetamine Trafficker Going to Prison for More than 19 Years

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Jamal A. Anderson a/k/a Jamel Anderson a/k/a Jemel Jefferson a/k/a James Jefferson a/k/a Mike Jefferson a/k/a Blaze, 40, of Elmira, ...


Oversight Committee Seeks Answers on FBI’s Handling of Widespread Ransomware Attack

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney and Ranking Member James Comer, sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray requesting a briefing on the FBI’s three-week delay in aiding hundreds of businesses and institutions...


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Gina, thank you very much and it’s wonderful to be here with all of you. Thank you so much for taking the time for this conversation this afternoon. We’ve had a very productive day already in Pittsburgh, a great American city, an industrial capital in the last century, a high-tech capital in this century, and so a very fitting place I think for the conversations we’re having.


News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Twenty-four federal prosecutors have joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office within the last year and were sworn-in Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Ricky Lewis Bush, 21, of Charlotte, to 78 months in prison late yesterday, for carjacking and gun charges, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Whitney also ordered Bush to serve three years under court supervision after completing his prison term and to pay restitution to the victim of the carjacking.


Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 2873, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 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. 2873, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021...


Massachusetts Man Charged with Threatening and Harassing Interracial Couple and Obstructing Justice

News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts man was arrested today and charged with threatening an interracial couple via Facebook Messenger on Jan. 6, 2021, and with attempting to prevent the couple from reporting these threats and harassment to law enforcement.


News Release: Douglas Hurt, age 41, of Anamosa, Iowa, has been charged with being a prohibited person in possession of firearms and ammunition. The charge is contained in an Indictment unsealed on Sept. 17, 2021, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: DETROIT - Two defendants have been charged via criminal complaint for their roles in separate frauds related to Covid-19 Vaccination Record Cards, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.


News Release: A man who was caught with nearly two kilograms of marijuana and a loaded handgun was sentenced today to more than eleven years in federal prison.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Camden-Wyoming man was sentenced yesterday to 5 years in prison for Malicious Use of a Fire to Damage Interstate Commerce. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced the sentence.


Beach Waters Reopened at Indiana Dunes National Park

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: The National Park Service has reopened the waters of all beaches at Indiana Dunes National Park.


News Release: Defendants’ Sales Allegedly Included Transfers of “Ghost Guns".