News from April 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 26, 2022
President Biden, Federal Aviation Administration Deliver Historic Investments to General Aviation Airport in Kentucky

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-based fentanyl and cocaine supplier was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Victor Quinones, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of heroin, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Lipavský here to the State Department, to Washington. The United States and the Czech Republic are longtime strong allies and partners across so many issues, but we’ve seen the strength of that alliance and partnership right now in the face of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: For Drug Offense. FORT WAYNE- Mandell D. Strawter, age 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced, April 25, 2022, by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, on his plea of guilty to distributing a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Strawter was sentenced...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jorice Williams Dennard, age 25, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to mail fraud and identity theft offenses in connection with a scheme to unlawfully obtain Pennsylvania Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) funds.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Ivie Shevon Sajere has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy that defrauded the Social Security Administration (“SSA") and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA") out of nearly $1,000,000. The conspiracy involved the false filing of thousands of online applications for SSA retirement benefits and FEMA disaster benefits using stolen personal information.

By Press release submission | Apr 26, 2022
Today marks the 33rd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who remains missing since PRC authorities abducted him as a six-year-old child on May 17, 1995.

By Press release submission | Apr 26, 2022
FAA Accepting Applications for Aviation Workforce Development Grants
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Brooklyn Woman Conspired with her Gang Member Son and Others to Publicly Post Videos of Post-Arrest Statements of Suspected Cooperating Witnesses to YouTube.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the city of Kingsport, Tennessee, for upgrades to the existing water pump station. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Glen Allen man pleaded guilty today to executing a mail fraud scheme during the course of his bankruptcy proceeding in order to conceal the true extent of his financial assets from the Bankruptcy Trustee and his numerous creditors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - On April 21, 2022, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Indiana returned a seventeen-count indictment charging Quintez Tucker, 18, of Indianapolis, D’Maurah Bryant, 19, of Indianapolis, and Robdarius Williams, 19, of Indianapolis with conspiracy and multiple robbery and firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana joins survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide in recommitting ourselves to this work: to believing survivors, strengthening prevention and education efforts, and holding offenders accountable.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A New York woman was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. Her co-defendant, also from New York, was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
FY 22 BJA Visiting Fellows Program grant opened on April 26.

By Press release submission | Apr 26, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa, to renovate and expand a former residence hall to create the Health Care Workforce Training Facility.