News from September 2021
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management California Desert District is seeking public nominations for two open positions to serve on the Desert Advisory Council (DAC), a citizen-based advisory body that develops recommendations for the BLM related to public land management issues. Applications for future openings are also encouraged.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), led a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on supporting K-12 students, educators, and families during COVID-19 and keeping students in the classroom safely. During the hearing, which included testimony from Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: A man who portrayed himself as a Native American spiritual counselor was sentenced Thursday in federal court for sexually abusing a Native American minor and for illegally possessing feathers, talons and heads from seven bald eagles and seven golden eagles, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: For Possessing With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 29, 2021, Dimitriy Maltsev, age 41, of Milford, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tyler Shayne Nelson, 28, of Rancho Cordova, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 15 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for sexual exploitation of a child, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A jury found Lorenzo Amador, 23, of Mendota, guilty of one count of assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering and one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: A couple was treated for injuries and released Wednesday evening after a bear attack in the parking area of the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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 $3.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan, to construct the university’s new College of Innovation...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6 million grant to the Midwest Energy Cooperative, Cassopolis, Michigan, a community that traditionally has been dependent on nuclear plants, to construct...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ARCHIE MORRIS, age 43, of New Orleans, was sentenced on Sept. 28, 2021 for five counts of arson, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 844(i).
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 $1.5 million grant to the city of Crossett, Arkansas, to complete the East Crossett Sewer Improvement Project to support business growth at the Crossett Industrial Park. This EDA project, to be matched with $365,180 in local funds, is expected to create 220 jobs, retain 40 jobs, and generate $603 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that STEVEN WILLIAMS, age 35 of Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced on Sept. 28, 2021 to 13 years and 8 months in prison followed by (5) years of supervised release for bank robbery. WILLIAMS was further ordered to pay $5,136.00 in restitution and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-An American expatriate residing in the Principality of Monaco pleaded guilty today in federal court to filing a false tax return.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a new partnership today with Girls Who Code (GWC) to develop pathways for young women to pursue careers in cybersecurity and technology. This partnership will seek to tackle diversity disparities by working to heighten...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about the Democrats’ prioritizing the confirmation of a nominee who collaborated with eco-terrorists to lead the Bureau of Land Management while America is currently facing a long list of Democrat-created crises.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $711,000 grant to the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development, Charleston, South Carolina, to support minority business owners and help create jobs through the Minority Business Development Initiative. This EDA grant will be matched with $180,000 in local investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago trader was charged today with securities fraud for allegedly engaging in unauthorized speculative bond trading that cost his employer and others more than $30 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that an Indictment was unsealed today that charges Tamika R. Cross, age 42, Ronnie E. Cross, age 44, and Davida J. Anderson, age 51, all of Omaha, Nebraska, with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Long Beach Police officer has been arrested pursuant to a federal grand jury indictment alleging he possessed and distributed child pornography when he was working as a law enforcement officer.
