News from September 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Sept. 24, 2021, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Maurice Tolbert (age 43, of Milwaukee) to 15 years and ten months in prison after Mr. Tolbert pled guilty to his involvement in four cell phone store robberies and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Acting U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh announced today that the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) has provided $301,780 in grant funding for Project RECOVER. The funding will provide peer recovery support for Central Virginians suffering with substance use disorders...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Today, at a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced a significant law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Joshua M. Chafa, 29, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2021, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of Methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who admitted to distributing methamphetamine in the community after law enforcement stopped him on his way back from Missoula and found about a half pound of meth in the vehicle was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Nevale Roanhorse, 39, of Teetso, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Roanhorse previously pleaded guilty to Arson.
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend the warmest congratulations to the people of Palau on the occasion of your National Day on October 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted Chris Carroll and George Reed today with three counts of bank fraud and six counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - Ryan Ashley Williams, 36, was sentenced today to 128 months in prison for federal firearm and drug crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine-A Yarmouth man pleaded guilty today in federal court to aggravated identity theft, and in a separate case waived indictment and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the Small Business Administration in a loan application, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Currently, search operations for John Fiske Burg are ongoing at Zion National Park. Zion National Park Rangers along with Washington County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate this missing person case and are requesting your assistance in the locating of John Fiske Burg.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Kirstin Sue Jackson, 39, of the 200 block of Ripper Street, Pekin, Ill. was indicted on federal charges on Sept. 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Four co-defendants found guilty on various methamphetamine distribution charges were sentenced to prison this week as a result of an investigation centered on drug trafficking in and around motels located in the Eisenhower Parkway corridor of Macon, Georgia. As a result of the full investigation into this methamphetamine trafficking organization, agents seized approximately 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will conduct pre-baiting and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park October 4 - 31.
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes to the people of Tuvalu on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of your independence on October 1.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: VERNAL, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office (VFO) is planning to implement the Pariette Prescribed Fire in Uintah County during the last two weeks of October 2021 and the first two weeks of November (weather pending). The project is located in the southern part of Uintah County, six miles southwest of Ouray.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHARLES A. LOPEZ (“LOPEZ"), age 29, of Harahan, Louisiana, was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2021 for receipt of child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and North Carolina Department of Transportation, will open the Bonner Bridge Pier to the public at 8 a.m. Oct. 1, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - FEMA and the State of Louisiana are working hard together to ensure that survivors of Hurricane Ida living in hard-hit parishes have safe places to stay temporarily while they take steps to recover.
