News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - A Shepherd man who owns the Feedlot Steakhouse in Shepherd was sentenced today to three years of probation, ordered to pay restitution and forfeited vintage vehicles he admitted to buying with approximately $75,000 in a COVID-19 relief loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) instead of using the money to help his business, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
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 13, 2022
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs 3.0 grant opened on April 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The main supplier and drug distributor of two Boston-area drug trafficking organizations (DTO) pleaded guilty yesterday to cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEON COUNCIL, 44, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
Release: (As Prepared). Good morning, everyone. Today is a genuinely historic event - an Our Ocean Conference held in a Small Island developing nation, where citizens live every day on the front lines of the climate crisis. We’re proud to be here, and many of you should be congratulated for enduring a 30-hour...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force is seeking the public’s help and offering up to $2,500 for information that will lead to the arrest of a man wanted in Dinwiddie County on two counts of malicious wounding, felony domestic assault, violating a protective order and contempt of court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Faces 20 Years in Prison. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Raytown, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a nearly $10 million conspiracy to distribute almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine. Michael B. Becher, 40, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to participating in...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By John Kelly | Apr 13, 2022
Democrats are calling for a balance between lower oil prices and future investments in renewable energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Monique Elizabeth Carter (35, Middleburg) today pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product, specifically, injectable fentanyl. Carter faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jacques Laventure, age 35, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to obstructing an official proceeding by selling a mansion and estate that the U.S. Attorney’s Office was seeking to forfeit as part of a criminal case against his brother.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield and Deputy Special Envoy Payton Knopf will arrive in Ethiopia April 13 for meetings with Ethiopian government officials, representatives of humanitarian organizations, and diplomatic partners. Their visit continues U.S. efforts towards ceasing hostilities, ...
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Swazine Swindle, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released an interim staff report entitled, The Firm and the FDA: McKinsey & Company’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic. The report presents preliminary findings from the Committee’s investigation into McKinsey’s consulting work during the opioid epidemic.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
