News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Helen Godfrey-Smith, 72, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for making and using a false document. Judge Foote sentenced Godfrey-Smith to one year of probation and she was ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $5,000.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
There was activity on seven bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sally Schrom, age 66, of Mountville, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nicholas County man was sentenced today to one year and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Prisma Health Midlands (“Prisma") has agreed to pay a record $1 million to resolve allegations that it committed recordkeeping and dispensing violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). These requirements are designed to prevent the diversion of controlled substances.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 5, 2022
A public education campaign stressing the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces was unveiled March 29 at the Society of Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - James Hawley, 36, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court today to seven years in prison for attempted carjacking and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Gregorio Arreola Mendoza, 34, a citizen of Mexico found in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 42 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Arreola Mendoza pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 2, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Nevada Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance grant opened on April 5.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: CHEYENNE - The Bureau of Land Management in partnership with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging cave visitors to take precautions to protect bat populations at risk of contracting Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats. While the disease is not transmittable to humans, visitors are able to slow the spread by cleaning shoes and gear before and after entering the caves.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Just months after the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I began generating electricity in December 1951 in a historic first, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site opened its first waste repository on the 890-square-mile Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) site.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office opened investigation into lack of wheelchair accessible vehicles on the road.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 5, 2022
The U.S. Senate’s March 28 vote to approve its version of the Bipartisan Innovation Act moves it one step closer to securing critical supply chains and bringing home good-quality manufacturing jobs, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: Greeneville TN: The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in partnership with the Greeneville Greene County Museum invites the young, and the young at heart, to participate in the annual “Easter Egg Roll" to be held on Saturday, April 9th from 10:00am to 12:00 p.m. The event will take place the Andrew Johnson Homestead, 209 S. Main St., Greeneville. The event will be moved to the Greeneville Greene County Museum in the case of rain.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the National Tribal Organizations Public Witness Hearing for Fiscal Year 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division today announced updates to its Leniency Policy and issued a revised set of frequently asked questions (FAQs). The Antitrust Division also launched a new dedicated email address to make it easier for companies and individuals to apply for leniency. These changes reaffirm the Antitrust Division’s commitment to transparency, predictability and accessibility in criminal enforcement.
By Trina Thomas | Apr 5, 2022
The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership and three federal departments announce three new areas for sentinel landscapes.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on April 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: Defendants Directed Drug Trafficking Network Through Contraband Cell Phones from State Prisons and Are Collectively Sentenced to 1,350 Years in Federal Prison Plus One Life Sentence.
