News from April 2022

By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Secure Rural Schools will provide critical funding for 742 U.S. counties in 41 states and Puerto Rico from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging TRAEVAUGHNN MORRISON, 26, of Hartford, with narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Bryan Mays, 33, of Toledo, was sentenced on Thursday, April 14, 2022, by U.S. Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick to nine years in prison and three years of supervised release after Mays pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Laurie E. Locascio was sworn in today as the fourth Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the 17th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo. As one of the nation’s oldest physical science laboratories, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: ROCKFORD - An Ogle County man was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison for robbing a bank in Rochelle, Ill.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Domestic Violence by an Habitual Offender, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: A gynecologic oncologist, Vinay K. Malviya M.D., has agreed to pay $775,000 to resolve claims he violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims for payment to federal health care programs related to alleged medically unnecessary surgical procedures that he performed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Cleveland, OH - Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested David Lamont Young III, 22, and Michael Preston Beidleman, 39. Both males were wanted for homicide in two different jurisdictions.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a request for information (RFI) to support $84 million in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) pilot demonstration projects included in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The legislation authorizes DOE to support four competitively...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging three individuals with drug conspiracy and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that John Cecchini, 28, of Albion, NY, pleaded guilty to bank robbery and four counts of Hobbs Act robbery before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Against tremendous odds, with extraordinary courage, and in the face of Russia’s relentless brutality against civilians, Ukraine’s forces are regaining ground, as Russian forces retreat from Kyiv and the surrounding region. Still, Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and brutal war against ...

By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Today, on World Heritage Day, the U.S. Department of State announced a new partnership between the Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) and Google Arts & Culture to expand access to cultural heritage sites to global audiences and showcase the United States’ work to protect and preserve cultural heritage worldwide. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A supervisor of a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) pleaded guilty today to his role in a cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine) trafficking conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN- Oscar Goodwin, 35, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Lafayette, LA.: The Acadian Cultural Center is pleased to sponsor the performances and presenters on “La Galerie" stage along with KATC for Festival International de Louisiane. “La Galerie “stage performances will take place April 29-May 1, 2022. The festival is free! The center is located at 501 Fisher Road in Lafayette. For more information, call 337-232-0789 ext. 201.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marcus Lawrence Weber, 26, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina today filed a complaint and settlement agreement with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice to resolve its investigation of the Broad River Road Complex in Columbia, South Carolina, ...