News from September 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Florida man pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Lawrence, Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is set to open in Weaverville on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Operated by Trinity County, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The DRC will offer information on available resources to homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage to their property from the California wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lancaster man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for committing three bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Wilson man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for two counts of Distribution of Cocaine Base (Crack); one count of Distribution of Cocaine Base (Crack) and Marijuana; and two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base (Crack).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public awareness of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Michael T. Watters (51, Ocoee) to six years and five months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud. Watters had pleaded guilty on July 12, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Derek J. Petty of St. Louis was sentenced today to a term of 91 months in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: EM Acting Assistant Secretary William "Ike" White outlined EM successes from this year and shared his vision for the future of the cleanup program during an address last week to the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), the organization of local government officials from communities around the DOE complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man was sentenced yesterday to 110 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a stolen firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of more than $11.6 million in grants to 93 nonprofit organizations nationwide to fund education and training on hazard recognition and prevention, and on rights of workers to safe workplaces and the responsibilities of employers to provide them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - Ten individuals have been indicted on charges involving the alleged straw purchasing of firearms, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin. The indictment is part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative aimed at reducing gun violence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore has closed and signed an area on the southeastern end of the Perdido Key Area for the protection of cultural resources and to ensure the safety of visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RALPH BERRY was found guilty by a unanimous Manhattan jury for the murder of Caprice Jones in the vicinity of 751 East 161 Street, Bronx, New York. BERRY will be sentenced before the Honorable U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan, who presided over the jury trial.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Trenton, NJ - New Jersey survivors affected by flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida who have registered for disaster assistance may receive a letter from FEMA stating they are ineligible. However, this may not be the final word.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Volunteers are welcome to join staff from the Bureau of Land Management, Saturday, Oct. 2, for a National Public Lands Day cleanup event at the Lost Coast Headlands site overlooking the Pacific Ocean west of Ferndale.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A North Carolina man who ordered and illegally sold highly addictive opioids through the Dark Web has been sentenced to federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today announced the availability of funding for rigorous research that furthers the Department of Justice’s mission to increase knowledge about the connections of race, crime, violence and the administration of justice in the...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: FERC Commissioners highlight the damage the Democrats’ so-called Clean Electricity Performance Program would cause to electric reliability and affordability.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, opened debate last night on the Senate amendment to H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and closed debate on the House floor today.
