News from April 2022
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Following an injunction from the Western District of Louisiana, today the Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office issued a final environmental assessment and sale notice for a competitive bid oil and gas lease sale on June 28, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Dylan Milton Jarvis (30, Orange Park) with unlawful possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act firearm (weapon made from a shotgun). If convicted, Jarvis faces a maximum penalty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANITA WILLENE HOBDY, age 67, from LaPlace, was charged on April 15, 2022 with wire fraud, stemming from fraudulent charges made from First Baptist Church of LaPlace.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on April 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Jacob Brady, 30, of Manchester, was sentenced on Friday to 84 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess controlled substances with intent to distribute, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
BJA FY 22 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program grant opened on April 18.
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 18, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh highlighted the department’s efforts to protect workers from heat-related workplace hazards during a tour of a treatment facility operated by the Spanish Fort Water System, an Alabama water utility company.
By Karen Kidd | Apr 18, 2022
Almost $376,000 worth of counterfeit items were seized during a special operation in New Orleans earlier this month.
By David Hutton | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced approximately $20 million in federal funding is available for upgrades to small shipyards and train yards across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lashawn M. Bennett, 50, St. Paul, Minnesota was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Bennett pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 11, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
OVC FY 2022 Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking grant opened on April 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Joshua M. Kindred to seven years in federal prison for carjacking a vehicle with a minor inside it.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: Every April, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of join survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide in observing Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Sexual violence is far too prevalent, and it is important to not only to raise awareness of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Travis Shaqwann Fair, 32, of Asheville, was sentenced to 80 months in prison and three years of supervised release today for illegal possession of a firearm, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Fair’s girlfriend and co-defendant, Kourtney Nichelle Shivers, 29, of Asheville, was also sentenced to a probationary term of one year for straw purchasing Fair’s firearm.
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
American Spaces Grant Funding 2022 grant opened on April 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Richard Kevin Isner, of Flemington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: INUGURAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM Monroe, Michigan - Superintendent Scott J. Bentley and Chief of Interpretation & Education Jami Keegan announced today that River Raisin National Battlefield Park has selected three outstanding artists as the Park’s Inaugural Artists in Residence. The Artist include Darlene Belair, Brant Georgia, and Brandy Gerber.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Clarita man was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for attempting to steal millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-relief loans for his companies by submitting fraudulent applications that included fake tax documents and information for non-existent employees.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
MBDA Business Center Program grant opened on April 18.
