
By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) welcomed the members the Republican Steering Committee recommended to serve on the committee in the 118th Congress. Westerman issued the following statement:

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Republican Conference ratified a resolution confirming U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources for the 118th Congress. Westerman issued the following statement in response:

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Faith Nicholle Sullivan was sentenced on Jan. 9 to five years and ten months in prison. Sullivan, 28, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on July 12 to assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The Western District of Oklahoma is aggressively seeking to keep firearms out of the wrong hands by pursuing those who lie in connection with gun purchases.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A Miami, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to interfering with a flight crew and assaulting a flight attendant while onboard a United Airlines flight from Miami to Washington, D.C.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Nikhil Wahi Was Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison for Trading Using Misappropriated Information About Crypto Asset Listings on an Exchange

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Town of Greenwich to resolve allegations that a Greenwich marina was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”).

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Demetrius Taylor, age 30, of Patterson, New Jersey, and Joseph Decker, age 28, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for heroin/fentanyl trafficking offenses resulting in death. Taylor received a sentence of 240 months in prison and Decker was sentenced to 180 months in prison.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Semenza, Jr., age 47, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to 12 months of imprisonment for committing bribery.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A Romanian national was sentenced on Monday to 89 months in prison for his role in a transnational, multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud American victims

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A San Antonio man was sentenced Thursday to 160 months in prison for the receipt of child sexual abuse material.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
United States Attorney Will Thompson to Help Mark National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The owner of several companies in the construction industry was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $1.75 million fine for his role in a long-running scheme to defraud the United States.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
A Texas military contractor pleaded guilty on Jan. 12 to rigging bids on public military contracts in the state of Texas.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
An indictment was unsealed today in the Western District of Wisconsin charging a Wisconsin man with one count of labor trafficking.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Corp IV Holdings Inc., doing business as Masterson Staffing Solutions (Masterson Staffing), a staffing company based in Minnesota. The agreement resolves the department’s determination that Masterson Staffing violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by routinely discriminating against its non-U.S. citizen workers when checking their permission to work in the United States.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today the resolution of a matter involving the Louisiana Supreme Court (LASC) based on actions LASC has taken to improve access to state court proceedings and operations for people with limited English proficiency (LEP).

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
Four former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center have been sentenced for their roles in the assault of an inmate and participation in a multi-year conspiracy to cover-up the abuse.

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2023
The Justice Department announced today that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, to resolve allegations that Cumberland County, Tennessee violated Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits employers from discriminating based on disability. Among other things, it requires them to make reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities.