News from April 2022
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky in Washington, D.C. Secretary Blinken recognized the tremendous support both the Government of the Czech Republic and its citizens have shown to Ukraine through ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Dr. William Washington, Aamir Wahab, DDS, and Keyon Dooling Were Charged Along With 16 Others in a Scheme to Defraud the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, ZACHARY GAGE PEBLEY, 24, of El Reno, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve more than six years in federal prison for assaulting an officer of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - The lead of eight defendants convicted in a narcotics conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 168 months in prison. The drug trafficking organization’s operations stretched from the Mexican border and the western United States to the Southern District of Ohio.

By Andy Nghiem | Apr 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a plan to asses the difficulties populations of underserved communities have in accessing federal benefits and opportunities.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Cordale Antonio Williams, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 94 months of incarceration for a drug charge, First Assistant United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: ALPINE - Yesterday a Mexican national, Pedro Ramirez-Urbina, 40, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for transporting illegal aliens in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324. Ramirez was identified as the foot guide in charge of leading a group of undocumented noncitizens (UNCs) from Mexico into the United States.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), and Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (W.Va.-01) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, requesting swift approval of the Interchange Justification Report for the proposed Harmony Grove Interchange in Morgantown.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on April 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Benjamin Brannum, 46, who was wanted by the Bells Police Department from Crockett County, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) out of Memphis. U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced today. Brannum was wanted in connection to an incident that occurred in 2014.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 64-year-old Sugar Land resident has been ordered to prison following his convictions of receiving and possessing videos and images of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: TEXARKANA - A Texarkana man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Texarkana.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A former U.S. Air Force servicemember previously stationed at Moody Air Force Base admitted he possessed child sexual assault materials resulting from a Project Safe Childhood case.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Chris Jacobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, against Defendant Jeffery Grandberry, 38, of Elyria, Ohio, following a two-day trial before Judge Sara Lioi in Akron. Grandberry was convicted of being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, TX - Several individuals residing in South Texas and Mexico have pleaded guilty for their roles in a conspiracy to transport large quantities of marijuana for Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 26.