News from April 2022
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: It’s double the junior ranger fun! Two parks, each with their own junior ranger program, are hosting a fun-filled Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 16, from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm at Sacajawea Historical State Park at 2503 Sacajawea Park Rd in Pasco, Washington.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
OVC FY 2022 Invited to Apply 2; Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program grant opened on April 11.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A former member of Portland’s Hoover Criminal Gang was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

By Karen Kidd | Apr 11, 2022
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has updated regulations in its Buy Indian Act in order to advance economic and business opportunities in Native communities, the Department of the Interior announced earlier this month.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James T. Cogle, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a suburban Chicago man for allegedly trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing a loaded handgun.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two defendants have been sentenced on federal charges in the Western District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Charges Involved Theft of Proprietary Software and Sensitive Databases from U.S. Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Businesses Conspired with Chinese Billionaire to Defraud Investors by Inflating Value of China-Based Company via Sham Sales of Aluminum in the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program grant opened on April 11.
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Greeneville, TN -. Presidential proclamation established Andrew Johnson National Monument on April 27, 1942 during the midst of WWII. In 1963, with the purchase of the Early Home belonging to Andrew Johnson, the park expanded, and Congress redesignated it to be the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYL RUSSELL, 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, cocaine and crack.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 1,020,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China. Of the total, 680,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 340,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2022/2023 marketing year.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The Justice Department today announced that Ulysses Oliver Jr., 47, a former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant, was sentenced in federal court to 30 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Oliver previously pleaded guilty to assaulting two inmates at ADOC’s Elmore Correctional Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - The Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana join survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide in April to observe Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Sexual violence is far too prevalent, and it is important to not only to raise awareness...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman pleaded guilty today to one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
Release: On April 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced increased availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporations (CCC) Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2022. In addition, banks in Sub-Saharan Africa...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: A Washington state man pleaded guilty to hate crime and false statement charges in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - KENDALL GILMER, JR., age 41, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on April 6, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), and being a felon in possession of firearms in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.