News from April 2022
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Interior Department published a six page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on April 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Raymond Hawthorne, Jr., 48, of Abbeville, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey to 57 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. Hawthorne pleaded guilty to the charge on November 4, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Nineteen members and associates of Cameron Street, a violent criminal organization based in Dorchester, have been charged in a 39-count indictment with various crimes including racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, gun and drug trafficking, illegal possession of firearms and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: New application requirements designed to enhance the customer experience and promote fairness and equity in the program
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Wayne Bowen (64, Jacksonville) to two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered Bowen to reimburse various federal agencies a total of $63,773 for government benefits that he had received in connection with his identity theft scheme. Bowen had pleaded guilty on Jan. 20, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $3.4 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the College of the Holy Cross for the cost of testing students, faculty and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
BJA FY 22 STOP School Violence Specialized Training and Technical Assistance Program grant opened on April 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal court in Brooklyn, Angelina Barini was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 30 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics and causing the deaths of multiple victims. In August 2021, Barini pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing narcotics that caused the deaths of a person; one count of distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine; and one count of conspiring to distribute gamma-butyrolactone (GBL).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the expected House passage of eleven Natural Resources Committee-passed bills, including five that were championed by the late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Two individuals are charged in a superseding indictment, unsealed today in the Southern District of New York, with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) by working with U.S. citizen Virgil Griffith to illegally provide cryptocurrency and blockchain technology services to the DPRK.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Following an investigation by Rangers of the National Park Service (NPS), a man pled guilty for conducting business operations without permits within the remote backcountry of Grand Canyon National Park. William “Billy" Chandler Woods of Flagstaff, Arizona, pled guilty on April 8, 2022, and was ordered to serve two years of supervised probation and is banned from Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area for the next two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jason Ross-Lattion Fleming, 36, of Piñon, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on Apr. 25 facing charges of providing child pornography to a minor, possession of child pornography, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Fleming will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for April 28.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: As wireless networks transition to 5G technology, they could enable a host of new capabilities ranging from autonomous vehicles to surgery performed at a distance - but they also will place new cybersecurity demands on industry. A new draft publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is designed to help network operators navigate the demands while delivering the new features 5G is designed to provide.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of a federal money laundering law related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Marco Sweat, 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
Release: Yesterday in Washington, DC, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina launched the United States-Honduras Strategic Dialogue. Vice President Kamala Harris proposed this Strategic Dialogue during her meeting with...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills and selling Xanax pills, making him the eighth person to be sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Gloucester City and Camden, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
